Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services
Health Department Directed to Protect and Expand Reproductive Healthcare Access
What it does
The Health Department must consider actions to expand reproductive healthcare access, promote non-discrimination by providers, and improve research and data at medical research and disease-control agencies.
Real-world impact
- May expand Medicaid support for patients traveling across State lines for care.
- Promotes guidance and help to hospitals and pharmacies to prevent care denials.
- Improves research and data on how access affects maternal and other health.
Topics
Summary
This order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to take further steps to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare. It asks the department to consider using Medicaid to help patients travel across State lines for care, to promote compliance with federal non-discrimination laws by hospitals and pharmacies, and to improve research and data about maternal and other health outcomes.
The order aims to prevent patients from being denied care, reduce confusion for providers, and better measure health impacts of access.
Questions, answered
Ask questions about this executive order and its implications. Try:
- “What agencies are affected by this order?”
- “How does this order change existing policy?”
- “What are the practical implications of this order?”