Earlier this month, the Institute of Medicine recommended that all forms of birth control, and contraceptive counseling, should be completely covered by health insurance plans. United States Catholic bishops and health experts are displeased about this suggestion. One of the regulations that has taken place in regards to health care reform involves preventative care. All health insurance companies are required to cover the cost of everything that is considered preventative care, without charging customers for co-pays, or deductibles. There has been some debate as to whether or not certain kinds of women’s health care counted as preventative care. Specifically, there … Continue reading →

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 →