Cortez Masto and Colleagues Call On Health Insurers To Comply With ACA and Fully Cover Birth Control
Letter
Date: Feb. 22, 2024
Location: Washington, D.C.
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"We write to express our concerns that your members are not complying with the Affordable Care Act contraception coverage requirement, and to urge them to consider immediate adoption of the therapeutic equivalence standard outlined by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury on January 22, 2024.
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... have revealed that plans routinely violate the ACA by refusing to cover certain products, imposing administrative hurdles like prior authorizations and step therapy (fail first protocols), and requiring patient cost-sharing."
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