Several major Memphis employers commit to cover abortion travel
Kroger will provide “travel benefits up to $4,000 to facilitate access to quality care for several categories of medical treatments and a full range of reproductive health care services, including abortion and fertility treatments,” the company said in a statement. (The Daily Memphian file)
Some major employers are offering benefits to help employees access abortion services across state lines while others are determining whether they’ll need to make adjustments to their employees’ health care plans.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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