Does the state require private insurers that cover prescription drugs to cover all forms of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices?
States receive a "meets policy" if they require private insurance companies that cover prescription drugs to also cover all five FDA-approved forms of contraception. States receive a "limited policy" if they require only certain types of insurers to cover contraception as they do other prescription drugs. States receive a "weak policy" if they only require all or some insurers to offer contraceptive coverage as a benefit in employer-sponsored insurance plans, but have not required that it be a mandated benefit in all of these insurance plans. States receive a "no policy" if they do not require any coverage of contraceptives.
Data Source: Contraceptive Coverage, 2006.
National Women's Law Center, "Contraceptive Equity Laws in Your State: Know Your Rights—Use Your Rights," August 2007, available at http://nwlc.org/pdf/ConCovStateGuideAugust2007.pdf Prescription contraceptives include: oral contraceptives, including emergency contraception (the “morning after pill”); injections like Depo Provera and Lunelle; implants like Norplant; intrauterine devices; and barrier methods such as diaphragms and cervical caps.