Require insurers to fully cover over-the-counter birth control and other FDA-approved contraceptive products without fees, out-of-pocket costs, or cost sharing through the Affordability is Access Act.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · New York · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Reintroduce and support the Affordability is Access Act to require insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control and FDA-approved contraceptive products without cost sharing.. Promised outcome: Over-the-counter birth control and covered FDA-approved contraceptive products would be accessible without fees, out-of-pocket costs, or cost sharing.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Federal office press release for Ocasio-Cortez as U.S. Representative for New York's 14th District, dated September 24, 2026.

Occurrences

Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) , Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) , Ami Bera (CA-06) , and U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) , Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) reintroduced their bicameral Affordability is Access Act . The Affordability is Access Act would require insurers to fully cover over-the-counter birth control without any fees or out-of-pocket costs, once it’s FDA-approved. The legislation also includes a new provision to require health insurance to cover every FDA-approved contraceptive drug or drug-led combination product without cost sharing unless the health plan also covers a therapeutically equivalent generic without cost sharing—this would significantly eliminate barriers that some patients face in accessing contraceptives prescribed by their provider.

Ocasio-Cortez reintroduced the Affordability is Access Act, which would require full insurance coverage of over-the-counter birth control and other FDA-approved contraceptive products without cost sharing.

Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Bera, Senators Murray, Hirono, Cortez Masto, Reintroduce Bill to Expand Coverage of Birth Control in America | Representative Ocasio-Cortez
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Evidence

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Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Ami Bera (CA-06), and U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) reintroduced their bicameral Affordability is Access Act.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Ocasio-Cortez's office announced reintroduction of the Affordability is Access Act, showing renewed legislative effort but not enactment.

unresolved later_term A for effort

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Latest Action: House - 12/17/2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The prior Congress.gov record for the Affordability is Access Act shows committee referral and introduced status, not passage into law.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R.3589 - Affordability is Access Act of 2023
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introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo confirms H.R. 10597's introduction, committee referrals, and Ocasio-Cortez's cosponsorship. This supplies an official legislative record for the previously reported reintroduction. No passage, enactment, or implementation development was found for October 15–17, 2026; the commitment remains unresolved, with documented legislative effort.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 10597 (IH) - Affordability is Access Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10597ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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The Departments have determined it is appropriate to withdraw the proposed rules at this time, focusing instead on other matters.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): This earlier official withdrawal establishes that a parallel regulatory proposal requiring certain OTC contraceptives without prescriptions or cost sharing, and broader contraceptive drug coverage, did not become final through that rulemaking. It supports unresolved status, rather than delivery or abandonment of Ocasio-Cortez's legislative commitment.

unresolved later_term

2025-00774.pdf
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-17 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified original statement documents Ocasio-Cortez's material role in reintroducing the legislation. Evidence 68212 establishes introduction and committee referral only. The claim promises no-cost contraceptive coverage, so introduction demonstrates effort but does not establish delivery or partial delivery. No verified passage establishes enactment or implementation, and no documented deadline has expired.

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