All of the controversy over whether employersshould be required to cover birth control in the Patient Protection and Affordable CareAct hasn't changed the fact that every insurancepolicy in the country provides birth control to its female membersat no cost, whether it's technically the employer or the insurerproviding it.

But when it comes to coverage of abortion, a far morecontroversial medical service, the picture is much more ambiguous.It's often extremely difficult to understand whether an insurancepolicy covers abortion, reports Kaiser Health News in a recent nationalanalysis.

Much of the confusion is due to the fact that, unlike thecontraception mandate, PPACA allowed state governments todetermine whether abortion could be covered by plans on exchangesin their states.

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