Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), non-grandfathered health plans are required to provide certain preventive care services for women, including contraceptives, without charging a copayment, deductible or coinsurance.
Under the guidelines, plans must cover all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity.
However, three closely held for-profit corporations (Hobby Lobby Stores, Mardel and Conestoga Wood Specialties) challenged the ACA’s requirement on the grounds that doing so would violate the right to exercise religious belief under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Read more
