Healthify Blog Twentyeight Health Is Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Care

Far too many women in the United States have trouble accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare services. Many have had the uncomfortable experience of asking their school nurse, a primary care physician, a counselor, or even a pediatrician for birth control options, while many more have faced significant socioeconomic barriers, such as financial hardship or trouble finding qualified providers in their area. In fact, over 20 million women in the U.S. live in contraceptive deserts where the number of qualified health centers offering a full range of contraceptive methods isn’t sufficient to serve the need in a community.   Navigating the healthcare system is a challenging feat, but once you add stigmas, privacy concerns, transportation limitations, lack of insurance, out-of-pocket costs, or countless other barriers to the equation, it can feel impossible.  Twentyeight Health is working hard to change this narrative.