Did you know that sterilization will not cost women a penny under Obamacare? A
new regulation that goes into effect on August 1st requires that health plans cover sterilization for all women with "reproductive capacity". That includes
teenage girls. According to the new regulation, women must have access to sterilization "without having to pay a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible." So women will not have to pay a single penny out of pocket if they want to get sterilized. Of course this sterilization mandate will make health insurance more expensive for all of us, but the social engineers in Washington D.C. feel that increasing access to sterilization is a very important public policy goal.