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The Institute of Medicine (IOM), funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, convened a "panel of experts" last November to discuss whether birth control constitutes preventive medicine under ObamaCare. The women's health amendment included in the Affordable Care Act requested screenings for mammography, osteoporosis and "a definite focus on family planning."

Based upon the IOM's report released last month HHS just yesterday approved the non-profit organization's recommended guidelines mandating insurance companies cover 100% of a wide range of contraception options including sterilization.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced new guidelines in Washington Monday requiring health insurance plans beginning on or after August 1, 2012 to cover several women's preventive services, including birth control and voluntary sterilization.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, along with researchers funded by the far left Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a non-profit that promotes single-payer healthcare, supported the guidelines set by the panel.

Supporters of the new guidelines suggest that  making contraception easy to attain will save taxpayers a bundle.

But the President of America's Health Insurance Plans(AHIP) warned of "increasing costs for consumers" who will be charged higher premiums to cover the birth control benefit as well as the danger inherent in "broadening the scope" of what constitutes preventive services.

yay obamacare! but why would they want to do this, if it MAY bring about less abortions?

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I'm not against contraception or prevention of unwanted pregnancy.  But ya know, if you are going to take more of our money and put it toward a health or medical program, I'd much rather they use the funds on cancer, or alzheimers or parkinsons or diseases that are life threatening, than on giving out free condoms and birth control pills.

If you are determined to use the funds on stopping unwanted pregnancies, I'd much rather see the money used to encourage people not to jump into the sack with someone they arent married to.  Or spend some of that money fighting against deadbeat dads who knock a girl up and then abandon them.

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This will affect the economy in a negative way. Since insurance companies have to shoulder the entire burden, they will have to up people's premiums........and the trickle starts from there.

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Yep. it'll drive up costs and they'll pass it along to the folks.