The Affordable Care Act requires that all new insurance policies cover basic health care for women including HPV testing, sexually transmitted infection counseling, and HIV screening, FDA-approved contraception, breastfeeding support and supplies, and gestational diabetes screening, with no cost to the patient. Read the attached article by US secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi for more information.
This is a great move toward improving and promoting women’s health and access to health care!