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ACA's Contraceptive Coverage Requirement: Measuring Use And Out-Of-Pocket Spending
Carol S Weisman1, Cynthia H Chuang2, Ashley H Snyder3
1Carol S. Weisman ( cweisman@psu.edu ) is a distinguished professor of public health sciences and obstetrics and gynecology, Penn State College of Medicine, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
|September 4, 2019
Abstract:
Following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage requirement, privately insured women's out-of-pocket spending for contraception declined and their use of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) increased. Claims data through 2016 show a continued increase in LARC insertions but an increase in out-of-pocket spending for intrauterine devices.