Sept 15 Web Event: Will Insurance Cover Over-the-Counter Contraceptive Pills? A Discussion of Coverage Options and Challenges – KFF

The U.S. Meals and Drug Management not too long ago authorised Opill—the primary over the counter day-to-day oral contraceptive tablet in the US. Starting in early 2024, other folks will be capable of acquire Opill with no prescription, increasing choices for contraceptive get entry to around the nation.

Whilst federal coverage calls for maximum personal medical insurance plans and Medicaid enlargement methods to hide—with out affected person copays—the overall vary of FDA-approved contraceptive strategies with a prescription, there is not any federal requirement that plans duvet nonprescription birth control. On the other hand, some states have handed rules requiring protection of alternative over the counter birth control, corresponding to emergency contraceptive drugs or condoms, in sure plans.

On Friday, September 15 at 12:30 p.m. ET, a panel of professionals will sign up for Laurie Sobel, affiliate director for KFF’s Girls’s Well being Coverage program, to discover approaches to protecting over the counter oral birth control with no prescription. The panel will talk about courses discovered from the implementation of personal insurance coverage or Medicaid protection from the views of quite a lot of stakeholders.

The development may also come with a presentation by way of Michelle Lengthy, senior coverage analyst at KFF, in regards to the reports, demanding situations, and alternatives in offering insurance policy for over the counter contraceptive strategies with no prescription. In keeping with a brand new KFF document (for unlock on September 14, 2023), the presentation may also talk about imaginable approaches for protection of over the counter birth control.

Moderator:

• Laurie Sobel, JD, affiliate director for Girls’s Well being Coverage at KFF

Presenter:

• Michelle Long, MPH, senior coverage analyst for Girls’s Well being Coverage at KFF

Panel:

• Christine Gilroy, MD, MSPH, leader scientific officer at Specific Scripts
• Don Downing, medical professor on the College of Washington College of Pharmacy and endowed chair of the Institute for Cutting edge Pharmacy Follow
• Victoria Nichols, MPH, challenge director of Unfastened the Tablet

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Match Date

Sep 15, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

RSVP Closing date

09/15/23