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Pay for birth control, U.S. doctors urge insurers
Insurers should start paying for birth control methods such as the pill =
and the IUD, and any who do not are biased against women, doctors said =
Tuesday. Obstetricians and gynecologists, meeting in New Orleans, said =
they were outraged at reports the anti-impotence drug Viagra was being =
covered by some insurers, while nearly half of health-care plans still =
refuse to cover prescription birth control. "We don't believe there's =
anything optional about contraception. It's really necessary," said =
Luella Klein, director of women's health issues for the American College =
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. See =
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=3D2554114860-ae9
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