Department Heads Demand Plans Comply With ACA Contraceptive Requirement

Several cabinet members pressured insurers to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s obligation to offer cost-free contraceptive coverage in response to a growing number of complaints that insurers have not complied with this requirement -- and as access to contraceptives becomes a hot-button issue in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Friday (June 24) abortion decision reversing Roe v. Wade . Secretaries Xavier Becerra, Marty Walsh and Janet Yellen, respectively of HHS, Labor and Treasury, wrote to group health...