District of Columbia

Names of Insurance Carriers and Their Elective-Abortion Coverage:

Carefirst (13): All plans cover elective abortion (2022 plan documents)
Kaiser Permanente (14): All plans cover elective abortion (2022 plan documents)

Summary:

For 2022, two carriers are offering a total of 27 plans on the DC Health Link exchange. 100% of the 2022 plans on the DC HealthLink cover elective abortion.

In 2021 there were 25 plans offered by 2 carriers on the DC Health Link and 100% of them covered elective abortion. This was true in 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 as well. In 2016, 92% of plans on the DC Health Link covered elective abortion.

Exchange is part of the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (F) or State-Run (S): S

Website: https://dchealthlink.com/

State Exchange Elective Abortion Opt-Out: No

Number of 2022 Insurance Carriers: 2

Total Number of Plans: 27
Number of Plans that Cover Elective Abortion: 27
Number of Plans that Do Not Cover Elective Abortion: 0
Number of Plans with Unknown Coverage: 0

Key:

Red= covers elective abortion

Orange= some plans cover elective abortion or unknown

Green= does not cover elective abortion

*Bold denotes that this Insurance Carrier is new to the 2022 Marketplace.

D.C. NEWS

Healthinsurance.org: DC health insurance marketplace: history and news of the state’s exchange (September 27, 2021).