Twelve-Month Contraceptive Supply Policies and Medicaid Contraceptive Dispensing.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nineteen states have passed legislation requiring insurers to cover the dispensation of a 12-month supply of short-acting, hormonal contraception.

Objective

To determine whether 12-month contraceptive supply policies were associated with an increase in the receipt of 12-month or longer supply of contraception.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included data from all female Medicaid enrollees aged 18 to 44 years who used short-acting hormonal contraception (ie, pill, patch, or ring) from 2016 to 2020.

Exposures

Eleven treatment states where legislation required insurers to cover a 12-month supply of contraception to continuing users and 25 comparison states without such legislation prior to December 2020.

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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364992 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature