The health care law requires insurers to cover new preventive health benefits for women at no additional cost. The women’s preventive services that are covered without cost-sharing requirements include:
-well-woman visits
-gestational diabetes screening for women 24-28 weeks pregnant and high risk
-HPV DN
A testing
-STI counseling
-HIV screening
-contraception (certain religious organizations are exempt)
-breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling
-interpersonal and domestic violence screening and counseling
Visit HRSA for a chart on frequency and health coverage guidelines.
*Please note that health insurance under a grandfathered plan might not get these benefits. If there is any difference between the information on this website and your health plan, your policy’s provisions will apply.
Read more about preventive services covered under health care reform.