WASHINGTON DC (KOLO) – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is reintroducing a bill that would require insurers to cover over the counter birth control.
She reintroduced the bill alongside Patty Murray of Washington and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii.
The bill would require the insurers to fully cover the pills without fees or out of pocket costs, once they are FDA approved.
“Congress must pass the Affordability is Access Act to expand Americans’ reproductive freedoms even as this Administration tries to shrink them,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “Birth control has helped thousands of Nevadans and millions of Americans live healthy lives. It’s past time we made sure every woman who wants it has an affordable over-the-counter option they can buy.”
The bill also includes a new provision requiring health insurance to cover every FDA approved contraceptive or drug led combination product without cost sharing unless the health plan also covers a therapeutically equivalent generic without cost sharing.
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