Tag: birth control
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Next phase of health reform: New and renewed insurance policies will have to cover birth control, other preventive care for women
Even though the decision was widely expected, as part of health care reform, the news is still what Julie Rovner of National Public Radio termed “a pretty big deal.” Earlier...
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As U.S. teen birthrate reaches 70-year low, Ky. still 7th highest
The teenage birth rate nationwide is the lowest in nearly 70 years, but Kentucky’s rate is much higher than the national average — 46.2 births per 1,000 compared to 34.3...
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Will birth-control mandate cost more or less? Yet to be seen
Will requiring insurance companies to provide contraception be cost-neutral, as the Obama administration claims? It is unclear, and so is whether insurance companies will make Catholic institutions pay more. These were the...
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Obama changes health-insurance rule to placate religious groups that oppose birth control
In an effort to quell a firestorm of controversy, President Obama announced today that his administration change its new rule that requires employers to offer free birth-control coverage in their...