Potential Roe v. Wade decision highlights wide variation in regulations regarding health coverage of abortion
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Insurance coverage of abortion was not mandated or banned under the Affordable Care Act.However, states have passed their own rules and regulations regarding abortion coverage and those rules vary widely.
Key Points:
- Insurance coverage of abortion was not mandated or banned under the Affordable Care Act.However, states have passed their own rules and regulations regarding abortion coverage and those rules vary widely.
- States were taking their own steps to regulate health insurance coverage of abortion long before the current lawsuit that could overturn Roe v. Wade, Norris said.States most likely to ban abortions already ban coverage of abortion by ACA-compliant health plans.
- Heres the breakdown of state approaches:
25 states ban or restrict coverage of abortion by health plans offered through ACA health insurance exchanges. - Unlike abortion coverage, the ACA mandates health insurance coverage for birth control ;as a result,that coverage is more consistent from state to state.