Contraceptive Coverage & Preventive Services – NFPRHA

Contraceptive Coverage
& Preventive Services

The ACA's women's preventive health services benefit requires most insurance plans to cover evidence-based preventive care — including contraception — without cost-sharing, giving more than 100 million people access to these critical services.

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Overview

The women's preventive health services benefit in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that most insurance plans cover evidence-based preventive services for women — including annual exams, Pap smears, and contraception — without cost-sharing. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates that more than 100 million people now have access to this coverage without cost-sharing.

There have been several legal challenges to the contraceptive coverage requirement. For more information, visit the legal action page →

NFPRHA's Work

NFPRHA strives to protect and expand the access resulting from the ACA's contraceptive coverage requirement that helps millions of insured people in the US have access to contraception with no cost-sharing. NFPRHA has a long history of working to improve both public and private health insurance coverage of contraceptives throughout the country and will continue to work tirelessly to protect access to these services.