Under the Affordable Care Act, insured women in America were supposed to be able to get birth control with no copay or deductible starting August 1. But unfortunately— there are conditions some of us are not aware of or find difficult to understand. Even women with the new plan are having a hard time getting the contraceptive of their choice. Under the cut is a chart that will help you figure out if you can expect to get your birth control with no copay.
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Nothing is free. Someone is paying for it. This “free for me” mentality is why our economy took a crap.
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new rules don’t apply to me. non insured. great
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My birth control is free, thank youu NHS and living in the UK.
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i don’t understand what “grandfathered in” really means in health insurance. i take ortho tri cyclen lo and at one point there was a generic and then they pulled it off the shelf so there’s no generic. i don’t pay too much bc i have really good insurance.
daffodil / 1525 posts
I already have it with the Family PACT program in California, a really fucking sweet plan.
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I think the group that can’t afford insurance is the group that needs free birth control the most. It’s a strange plan. Glad to live in a place with universal health care.
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I won’t get my birth control free until I switch from my parents to paying it my company’s plan when I turn 26, but my birth control is only $7, so I’m not going to complain.
@emptyabyss@xanga - There are free birth control options paid by the state or local governments for the low income and/or uninsured, but obviously it depends on the state or city/town/county the person lives in. This measure isn’t being funded by tax dollars, but is being mandated by the federal government and being paid by employer/insurer. I think in the US, universal healthcare is more easily obtainable at the state level (though again, depends on the state). Add on the fact that people will be required to have health insurance or will have to pay an additional tax at one point or another assuming Obamacare is not repealed.
Not saying I disagree, it is strange, and I really have never bought the negativity I hear about the possibility of universal health care in the US. It would have drawbacks, but they would be significantly outweighed by the benefits for the US population as a whole.
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@superGchik@xanga - i used to take that one too until they pulled it off the shelf.. now im taking the generic version.. so yes, they have a generic one.
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All you have to do is go to the damn health unit and can get it for free.
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Have to comment. Does anyone know at what age they finally realized what that pink wheel thingie was ? I was 26 when my G/F told me. Before then I found one in the trash and kept it as a make-believe time-machine.
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@grim_truth@xanga - You really wouldn’t like me, Grim. I have absolutely everything paid for by the government now since I worked for them. Home, phone, food, weekly allowance, medications, computers, software, books, clothes, restaurant bills, media, Teddy Bears of course since I collect them – everything.
My Dad set it up for me years ago cause he knows how to work the system and I can maintain this till I’m 100 or move into a retirement village when I’m old enough (about 25 more years) which is also already paid for – as long as I continue to live in the same state of Texas.