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- Title
Women's Awareness of Their Contraceptive Benefits Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- Authors
Chuang, Cynthia H.; Mitchell, Julie L.; Velott, Diana L.; Legro, Richard S.; Lehman, Erik B.; Confer, Lindsay; Weisman, Carol S.
- Abstract
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates that there be no out-of-pocket cost for Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods. Among 987 privately insured reproductive aged Pennsylvania women, fewer than 5% were aware that their insurance covered tubal sterilization, and only 11% were aware that they had full coverage for an intrauterine device. For the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate to affect effective contraception use and reduce unintended pregnancies, public awareness of the expanded benefits is essential.
- Subjects
PENNSYLVANIA; PREVENTION; CONTRACEPTIVES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE drugs; DECISION making; HEALTH education; INSURANCE; HEALTH insurance; PATIENTS; RESEARCH funding; SURVEYS; TUBAL sterilization; WOMEN'S health; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; HEALTH literacy; PATIENT Protection &; Affordable Care Act; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ECONOMICS
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2015, Vol 105, pS713
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2015.302829