@ReignOfApril @MalcolmNance If you need an IUD, get it NOW. HHS Secretary Price said they'll begin undoing the contraceptive mandate, so an IUD may go from $0 to $1000
— Melo's All Star spot (@ai002h) May 4, 2017
In other healthcare news, President Trump signed an executive order on religious liberty. The ACLU is not too concerned about it as it is mostly a photo-op but it is an indicator that the provision of no cost-sharing long acting reversible contraception as a key covered service in the ACA plans is at risk.
BREAKING: After “promising" a lawsuit earlier, ACLU says it will NOT sue Trump over religious order because it doesn’t really do anything. pic.twitter.com/hdIGK4M6OA
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) May 4, 2017
IUD’s are reliable. They are long run inexpensive as their break even point compared to hormonal oral contraception is between twenty and thirty months if we neglect unexpected pregnancy costs. If we include incremental unexpected pregnancy costs, their break even point is short.. They empower female autonomy in social, economic and sexual domains. They also prevent abortions.
IUDs currently are a no cost sharing service under the ACA by regulation. This regulation can be re-written through the normal rule making process. That process probably will not effect covered services for 2017 but it probably will have define what has to be covered at no cost sharing in 2018.
If you were thinking about getting an IUD, schedule the appointment.
If your current LARC needs to be replaced soon, schedule the appointment.
If you currently use barrier or oral hormonal methods and don’t want to get pregnant for several years, schedule an appointment.
Protect yourselves as well as you can.
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