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On the other side, women who<br />

did not have such problems were<br />

using permanent methods like<br />

vasectomy or sterilization or long<br />

acting reversible contraception<br />

(LARC) methods<br />

Lauren Zapata of the National<br />

Center for Chronic Disease<br />

Prevention and Health<br />

Promotion explained about<br />

the measures to increase<br />

women’s access to preferred<br />

contraceptives.<br />

He said improving insurance<br />

coverage for postpartum<br />

contraceptives, authorizing<br />

reimbursement for postpartum<br />

LARC and eliminating the<br />

30-day waiting period for<br />

sterilization of Medicaid<br />

patients, and ensuring women<br />

have access to the full range<br />

of methods while they are still<br />

having regular or scheduled<br />

appointment with obstetric<br />

providers, are the measures<br />

to increase women’s access.<br />

FEBRUARY <strong>2016</strong> | WWW.WISHESH.COM

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