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Cuomo Says Insurers to Cover Birth Control Despite Trump (from Bloomberg, yesterday)
Haven't seen this posted elsewhere, but it's too old for LBN:
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-21/cuomo-says-insurers-will-cover-contraception-regardless-of-trump
New York state ordered health insurers to cover birth control and abortions even if President Donald Trump signs a repeal of Obamacare that would lift federal mandates on the industry.
The state will require commercial insurers to provide broad coverage of contraceptive drugs and devices, and cover medically necessary abortions at no cost to the patient, according to a statement on Saturday from the New York Department of Financial Services.
The order to cover birth control largely matches requirements imposed on insurers by the Affordable Care Act. The mandate to cover abortion goes further than the federal law.
“These regulatory actions will help ensure that whatever happens at the federal level, women in our state will have cost-free access to reproductive health care,” Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said in the statement.
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The state will require commercial insurers to provide broad coverage of contraceptive drugs and devices, and cover medically necessary abortions at no cost to the patient, according to a statement on Saturday from the New York Department of Financial Services.
The order to cover birth control largely matches requirements imposed on insurers by the Affordable Care Act. The mandate to cover abortion goes further than the federal law.
“These regulatory actions will help ensure that whatever happens at the federal level, women in our state will have cost-free access to reproductive health care,” Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said in the statement.
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