U.S. insurance coverage of contraceptives and the impact of contraceptive coverage mandates, 2002.

From: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Sonfield, Adam; Gold, Rachel Benson; Frost, Jennifer J; Darroch, Jacqueline E. | Copyright information

In the early 1990s, private health insurance plans covered prescription contraceptives much less frequently than they did other prescription drugs and devices. (1) Since then, policymakers and advocates have attempted to eliminate this disparity in a variety of ways, including the enactment of state mandates to require contraceptive coverage. In this article, we gauge progress toward achieving this goal and examine the relationship between state mandates and this progress.

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