The new rules under the Affordable Care Act would include emergency contraception, a newly approved nonprescription birth control pill, spermicides and condoms.

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  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’d think birth control would be cheaper for insurers than covering unplanned pregnancies anyway.

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      It depends, babies born to single mothers are automatically enrolled in Medicaid, so states cover the child. Eventually that child gets put onto an hmo medicaid plan, which is massively profitable for the company running that hmo.