ACOG Conference News (Contraception)

Group Calls for Mandated Coverage of Prescription Contraceptives

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 18th, 1998

Health insurers' exclusion of contraception from coverage in health plans places an unfair burden on women, a practice that amounts to gender bias, said officials of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) at their Annual Clinical Meeting held May 9-13, 1998, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The College called for passage of legislation to enforce equitable coverage for women, if private insurers do not voluntarily include contraception in health benefit packages that cover other prescription drugs and outpatient services.

"There's nothing 'optional' about contraception. It's a medical necessity for women during 30 years of their...

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