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An independent panel of doctors and health experts recommended Tuesday that health plans cover a broad range of contraceptives for women without co-pays, setting the stage for another debate over the impact of the new health overhaul.
The law that President Obama signed last year requires new health plans to cover many preventive health services without co-pays or deductibles for patients, a key provision of the new law that experts believe will encourage more Americans to get recommended immunizations, cancer screenings and other services.
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http://www.latimes.com/health/sc-biz...,5339377.story
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**Disclaimer: For the purpose of this National health plan debate, birth control is used primarily for the prevention of pregnancy. We know there are women and girls (I won't rant about that) who use birth control for the prevention of, and to address, other conditions.**
If health and health plans are about prevention, it makes sense that there may be free services for immunizations, cancer screenings, and other services including BIRTH CONTROL. Planned Parenthood and college/university student health services do not cover the majority of the female population in the United States.
What say you, GC?
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