Increasing Access to Family Planning Services Among Low Income Uninsured Women in the State of South Dakota
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2020
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Reproductive health is a vital component of women’s health and well-being. A woman's
reproductive system is a very complex structure in the body. It is vital to take steps to protect it
from infections and diseases - including long term health complications. Barriers in women’s
reproductive health care access are increasing locally, regionally, and nationally through
numerous institutional, legislative, and regulatory restriction levels. Lack of access to these
services makes it even more difficult for women to utilize and afford reproductive health care.
This lack of access can lead to serious health, social, and economic consequences for women and
their families. Disproportionately low-income women are impacted prominently with these
consequences as they more often than others qualify for little to no health care insurance
coverage. Insurance coverage is critical for making reproductive health services affordable and
accessible for low-income women as the financial burden of health care can be unreasonably
high. Lack of coverage among low-income women is a prominent challenge in the United States
especially in states that did not adopt the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and
no longer benefit from Title X funding. South Dakota, with its high prevalence of low-income
uninsured residents, has many residents who fall within the coverage gap. Through increasing
provider participation, access and funding, health care clinics can connect low-income uninsured
women to family planning programs and other viable reproductive health care insurance
programs.
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