MI HR0223

Express support for access to preventive health care services, including contraception, for all women without co-pays or cost-sharing

Reference the Affordable Care Act Section 2713 requirement for new health insurance plans to cover women's preventive health care services without cost-sharing

Cite Institute of Medicine recommendation that contraception be classified as preventive service, noting links to reduced maternal and infant mortality rates and health benefits including reduced cancer risk

Identify cost barriers to contraception access, noting 34 percent of American women have struggled with prescription birth control costs and unintended pregnancies comprise half of all U.S. pregnancies

Direct transmission of resolution to the President of the United States Senate, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Michigan congressional delegation members