Obamacare currently requires insurers to cover the cost of intrauterine devices (IUDs) and other contraception. Birth control is available without copays. The Affordable Care Act also requires most health insurance plans to cover the cost of a breast pump as part of an array of women’s health services.

While President-Elect Donald Trump has made the repeal and replacement of Obamacare a cornerstone of his election platform, all women, no matter their partisanship, need access to birth control of some kind. And babies need milk. These are universal, nonpartisan health issues.

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Yet the alarmist articles have already appeared: Stories in numerous publications and elsewhere are urging women to rush to the doctor to get their IUDs and breast pumps before Donald Trump takes office in January. This hysteria is perpetuated by countless non-experts — all speculating about what will happen to women’s access to free birth control and other reproductive health care once Obamacare is repealed and replaced.

The point of repealing the ACA isn’t to prevent Americans from getting the care they need. It is to allow insurance companies to provide people with what they actually want and can afford instead of mandating that women, for example, be required to pay for a plan that includes pediatric dental care after menopause (yes, that was a thing).

Trump’s goal as president is to drive down costs of health care while still providing Americans with the insurance protection they need. If a woman needs birth control, she’ll be empowered to purchase the insurance plan that fits her needs. The types of birth control are surely up for debate — but the administration and Congress will work together to solve those differences and finesse the details.

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Trump can begin the “repeal” process almost by himself, but the “replace” process will require the concentrated cooperation of members of Congress — 20 percent of whom are women. Whether insurance companies will be required to cover the entire cost of these products is unknown — but they were available before the Affordable Care Act, and they will be available after.

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