Rule Loosening ACA Contraceptive Mandate Expected Out Soon

Womens groups and other advocates groups are bracing for HHS to release an “interim final rule” that, if identical to a draft version leaked in May, would make it easier for employers to opt out of the Affordable Care Act's requirement to provide cost-free coverage of FDA-approved contraceptives. The rule, if unchanged, would spur lawsuits, according to several woman's advocates who spoke with Inside Health Policy after the draft version was leaked May 31 . The draft rule would...