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  • Roe v. Wade Overturned
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
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United States Contraception

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Changes to the health care system under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are having wide-ranging impacts on health coverage and provision of care to men and women across the United States. Guttmacher studies the ACA’s impact on reproductive health coverage and access, with a particular focus on the federal contraceptive coverage guarantee, which has eliminated cost barriers that could impede women’s ability to obtain the method that is best for them. The Institute also focuses on identifying vulnerable populations, such as many immigrants, who are not fully benefiting from the ACA.

  • Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Publicly Funded Family Planning
  • State Policies on Contraception
  • Policy Analysis

    The First 10 Years of the ACA: We Must Protect and Build on Major Gains in Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    U.S. Insurance Coverage, 2018: The Affordable Care Act Is Still Under Threat and Still Vital for Reproductive-Age Women

  • Policy Analysis

    The ACA’s Birth Control Benefit Is Back Before the Supreme Court

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 15-67%

    increase in women paying zero dollars out of pocket for oral contraceptive pills between fall 2012 and spring 2014.
  • 87%

    of insured women did not have to pay out of pocket for a hormonal IUD by spring 2014
  • 20%

    decrease in women living below the poverty line who were uninsured between 2013 and 2014

Resources

  • June 2015 Policy Analysis

    Rounding Out the Contraceptive Coverage Guarantee: Why ‘Male’ Contraceptive Methods Matter for Everyone

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
  • May 2015 News in Context

    How Texas Lawmakers Continue to Undermine Women’s Health

    Kinsey Hasstedt

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Teens
  • May 2015 News in Context

    New Obama Administration Guidance Aims to Improve Contraceptive Coverage

    United States

    • Contraception
  • April 2015 News Release

    Transparency About Abortion Coverage Still Lacking, but Achievable

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • April 2015 Policy Analysis

    Abortion Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act: Advancing Transparency, Ensuring Choice and Facilitating Access

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • March 2015 News Release

    Making Medicaid Managed Care Work for Family Planning Coverage and Services

    United States

    • Contraception
  • December 2014 Policy Analysis

    Contraception Is Not Abortion: The Strategic Campaign of Antiabortion Groups to Persuade the Public Otherwise

    Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • December 2014 Policy Analysis

    Beyond Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy: The Broader Benefits of Publicly Funded Family Planning Services

    Adam Sonfield,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • December 2014 Policy Analysis

    Building It Is Not Enough: Family Planning Providers Poised for Key Role in Helping People Obtain Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act

    Kinsey Hasstedt,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Contraception
  • September 2014 News Release

    New Study Shows Privately Insured Women Increasingly Able to Obtain Prescription Contraceptive Methods With No Out-of-Pocket Costs

    United States

    • Contraception

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Providers who participated in a recent study suggested that having insurance coverage or other supplemental funding available for long-acting reversible contraceptive method services that covers not just the cost of the method, but also training for staff and counseling for younger clients, would help clinics to better meet their clients’ contraceptive needs

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