Public sector Medicaid receives additional funding for low-income uninsured women. These reproductive services are considered special status by the federal government; therefore, 71% of all publicly financed family planning services cover contraceptives, gynecology testing, condoms, and STD testing, plus one-half of all states have extended financing for family planning services only under the family plan […]

During the reproductive years, reproductive women between the age of fifteen and forty-four are a great drain on the health insurance industry.  During these years, reproductive women require constant screening and medical services in the form of breast screening, pap smears, abortions, preventative contraception, and testing for diseases such as HPV, Chlamydia, and HIV/Aids. During […]