Ryan's District Boards

In case you haven’t heard, the health reform lawâ€"the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacareâ€"includes a popular but also controversial provision for birth control: what’s been called the “contraceptive mandate.” Simply put, it’s a rule that employers must offer insurance plans that cover birth control without co-payment. Most health insurance plans were required to offer birth control without co-pays by January 1, 2013, and for many plans, it kicked in in August 2013. ...