Biden directs HHS to boost contraception access, a year after Dobbs decision
The president’s executive order instructs HHS to ensure people on commercial insurance are getting contraception at no cost and to consider moves to boost access in Medicare and Medicaid.
WASHINGTON – President Biden on Friday told federal health officials to boost contraception access, the administration’s latest attempt to shore up reproductive rights as abortion limits snowball across the country.
The president’s executive order, released this morning, instructs the Health and Human Services Department to ensure people on commercial insurance are getting contraception at no cost — a requirement under the Affordable Care Act — and consider moves to boost access in Medicare and Medicaid. He similarly ordered Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management to consider action that would shore up access for veterans and federal employees.
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