# My Insurance Provider just started covering Birth Control! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509 "2002-05-23T16:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/1 "2002-05-23T16:59:27Z")
Yippee! I just went to pick up my prescription for the pill, fully expecting to pay my usual $28.65 (for the generic version, mind you…over a dolloar per pill!)…and I was only charged my co-pay! When I asked, making sure they had the right person and prescription, she looked it up and said it was no longer flagged as “non-covered.” Woo-hoo, I love my insurance company. What with this and my employer providing free tampons (name-brand, even!) in the women’s restrooms, I am in reproductive system utopia. I cannot tell you how much this made my day. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/2 "2002-05-23T17:02:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Velma \* > [over a dolloar per pill \*\* And finding 28 doll oars each month to cover this is no easy feat. Those dolls don’t give up their oars easily…they love their boats too much. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/3 "2002-05-23T17:28:03Z")
Sweet! Pop a few pills and come on over so we can celebrate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/4 "2002-05-23T18:54:54Z")
Whooooo HOOOOOOOOOOO! Now, who is your provider so that I can be really truly jealous. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/5 "2002-05-23T19:14:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Velma \* > \*\*Yippee! > > I am in reproductive system utopia. > > \*\* so, how _you_ doin? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/6 "2002-05-23T19:20:04Z")
**World Eater** , a _few pills?_ Just how long is this going to take?😉 **Shirley Ujest** , my provider is Priority Health, a big one around here. Hopefully this is their policy now (and not just some companies that get better coverage.) ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/7 "2002-05-24T01:12:56Z")
Yay! Good for you 🙂 My insurance company covers them too. Recently, my (misogynist) co-worker complained that my BCP were not Blue Cross Blue Shield’s responsibility… blah, blah, blah. When I told him I’d gladly forego BCP coverage as long as we could get rid of Viagra being covered too he began to argue that Viagra has more “legitimate” reasons to be covered:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Spider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Barking\_Spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Spider)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/8 "2002-05-24T01:32:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I just went to pick up my prescription for the pill, fully expecting to pay my usual $28.65 (for the generic version, mind you…over a dolloar per pill!)…and I was only charged my co-pay! When I asked, making sure they had the right person and prescription, she looked it up and said it was no longer flagged as “non-covered.” Now I know why my insurance premiums keep going up! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/9 "2002-05-24T11:16:34Z")
Talk about a profit margin on those – I get mine for $15 from Planned Parenthood. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-provider-just-started-covering-birth-control/110509/10 "2002-05-24T11:36:12Z")
In England, they’re **FREE**! I’m a bloke, but with a deal like that I think I’ll have some myself!