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Committee hears testimony supporting bill to require insurance coverage of vasectomies; laid over for possible inclusion
Summary
Senate File 1054 would require health plans to cover vasectomies and eliminate cost-sharing; supporters cite cost-effectiveness and equity, while committee members asked whether coverage already exists in many plans; measure was laid over for possible inclusion.
Senate File 1054, which would require insurers to cover vasectomies with no cost sharing, received testimony in the Health and Human Services Committee and was laid over for possible inclusion.
Sponsor Senator Mann described vasectomy as a low-cost, minimally invasive, nearly 100 percent effective outpatient procedure and argued it meets criteria of reducing morbidity and health-care costs while providing public health benefit. She said coverage could reduce the…
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