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For Immediate Release
January 25, 2024
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683
In Case You Missed It:
At Governor Evers? Direction, DHS Issues Standing Order to Increase Access to Over-the-Counter Emergency Birth Control for Medicaid Members
?Allowing more Wisconsinites to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions?
Gov. Tony Evers, as?previewed?in his 2024 State of the State address, announced?the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has issued a?standing order?to ensure BadgerCare Plus members have direct access to over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraception. The order allows BadgerCare Plus members to get OTC emergency contraception from any Wisconsin Medicaid-enrolled pharmacy under their state coverage without a prescription from their doctor and with no out-of-pocket cost to them.
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