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IOM Recommends Eliminating Co-Pays for Birth Control

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A new report released by the Institute of Medicine recommends that birth control and contraceptive counseling should be things that are completely covered by health insurance. The expert panel considers women’s health services to be preventative medicine, and therefore, available to insured women for free, (with no co-pay required). Last year, a panel of medical and public health experts was put together. The group was specifically trying to determine if women’s health services fall under the category of “preventative health care”, or if they did not. The Affordable Care Act requires all health insurance plans that were started on or … Continue reading →

When Should You Choose Your Birth Control?

If you’ve decided to wait to become sexually active until you’re married, and your wedding date is approaching, you may have questions about birth control. Many couples choose to wait a little while before starting their families. Perhaps they want to finish school, or get settled in their new homes—maybe they want time to get to know each other as husband and wife before they become mother and father. It may be that you aren’t sure if parenthood is right for you. Whatever your reasoning, you have questions, and they need to be answered. But when? The sooner the better. … Continue reading →

Could Health Care Reform Make Contraception Free?

An interesting little quirk in the Health Care Reform laws could, potentially, make contraception free of cost for American women who have health insurance. It all depends on how the pill, and other forms of contraception are officially defined by these laws, as well as by insurance companies. Does “the pill”, and other forms of birth control, count as preventive care for women? It has been about fifty years since the oral contraceptive known by most people as “the pill” first became available. I am in my 30’s, so, from my perspective, it has always existed. I am too young … Continue reading →