About 120,000 US women could lose birth-control benefit under Trump regime
The Trump administration plans to give employers in the US the option not to cover birth control in their health insurance plans, weakening a requirement put in place by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The rule would broaden a religious exemption from providing contraception coverage that was put in place by the Obama administration to more for-profit corporations and others not included in an earlier workaround, according to Trump administration officials. The officials briefed reporters on the rule on Friday on condition that the officials not be identified. About 200 employers that are involved in suing the government over the requirement to provide contraception coverage were likely to take advantage of the rule change, the administration estimated. That could affect about 120,000 women, the administration said. The administration also announced guidelines to help insurers comply with a requirement that those in the Obamacare exchanges segregate funds used for abortions to ...
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