Now that you have health insurance, you may be wondering what’s covered and what’s not, specifically for women. By law (namely, the Affordable Care Act — ACA), certain preventive services for women must be covered at 100%. This means no copayment, no coinsurance charge, and regardless of whether or not you have met your annual deductible. You must receive all services listed on this page from an in-network provider for
Preventive Health Care Benefits Under Affordable Care Act (ACA)
We’ve all heard this expression: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The authors of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are counting on that! The law requires all marketplace and non-grandfathered health insurance plans to provide coverage for certain preventive care services at no cost to the insured. When we say at no cost, that means the services must be provided without charging coinsurance or a copayment,
