r/HealthInsurance • u/sweetbabycoconut • Jul 28 '25

Employer/COBRA Insurance Insurance doesn’t cover contraceptives because they said they’re a Christian-based organization

i use birth control to stop my periods and when i called my insurance to check for coverage this morning they said they don’t cover contraceptives for religious reasons

the estimate from my provider is around $2000 without insurance so just double-checking about alternative routes i can take given that information

insurance is from virginia mason hospital & they switched to bcbsil from first choice this year if that’s relevant

25 in wa with a $25 wage

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u/LadyGreyIcedTea Jul 28 '25

Planned Parenthood.

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u/Striking-Flatworm691 Jul 28 '25

Locations are closing :(

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u/medusssa3 Jul 28 '25

They will send it to a local pharmacy through the app

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u/Spuckler_Cletus Jul 28 '25

Why are they closing?

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u/EdenSilver113 Jul 28 '25

The big bumbling bill defunded planned parenthood. They weren’t directly receiving funds, but were an approved care provider and could bill Medicare / Medicaid. The BBB ended that. Largest provider of not only reproductive healthcare but basic healthcare when compared to all nationwide providers. It’s gonna make a huge difference.

And if you’ve read this far. I’ve been making a small monthly donation to planned parenthood for years. Maybe you’d consider joining me? They really need all the help they can get.

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u/noteworthybalance Jul 28 '25

I make monthly donations to both my regional planned parenthood and the national organization. I encourage everyone to do the same, if they can.

Also if you have "regular insurance" consider using planned parenthood for preventative care. This helps with their funding.

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u/loftychicago Jul 28 '25

Seriously?

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u/jerzeett Jul 28 '25

Massive loss of funding. Trump cut major funding for many human service related fields.

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u/arguix Jul 28 '25

because usual reasons that anything birth or pregnancy related is being destroyed

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u/noteworthybalance Jul 28 '25

Because of Republicans.

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u/legalpretzel Jul 29 '25

🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

If people would pull their heads out of the sand and SM long enough there would be outrage over all of the shit that is going away because of the GOP and Project 2025 initiatives.

Say goodbye to healthcare for women. They are slowly eradicating all options.

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u/Sad_Pangolin7379 Jul 28 '25

It's a lot more expensive there than it used to be thanks to all the funding cuts they've suffered

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u/Shoe_Ho Jul 28 '25

Yep - they do so much more than abortions. People don’t realize that!

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u/noteworthybalance Jul 28 '25

Service numbers:

2.08 million patients

9.4 million services

364,600 Pap tests & breast exams

2.2 million birth control services

5.1 million STI tests & treatments

402,200 abortions

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/ec/6d/ec6da0d6-98e5-4278-8d11-99a5cba8e615/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf

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u/EdenSilver113 Jul 28 '25

In addition to these services it’s crucial to note Planned Patenthood does reproductive education too.

My stepdaughter was a planned parenthood volunteer while she was in college.

She passed out condoms in bars and at school events.

She gave out basic reproductive health education pamphlets to help college students make informed decisions about sexual health.

Planned parenthood locations will close, and as a result I suspect we will see an uptick in both unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

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u/noteworthybalance Jul 28 '25

They also have a great program called teen connections which is comprehensive health and healthy relationship education for middle and high school students. 

All of my kids have taken it and they were then appalled by the lack of sex ed in the public schools.

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u/EdenSilver113 Jul 29 '25

One of my best friend’s mom is a nurse midwife. She teaches that! They do so much. It’s a shame they’re under attack so routinely. The worst part is good sex education results in fewer teen pregnancies. We should care about that. Children are in no position to care for baby children.

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u/Shoe_Ho Jul 28 '25

Great stats! So maddening to defund them or even try to shut them down altogether 😞

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u/noteworthybalance Jul 28 '25

It's so short-sighted. People claim they want to reduce unwanted pregnancies and then they try and shut down the one organization that is doing everything they can to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

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u/NikEpicene Jul 28 '25

They don’t want to reduce abortions, they want to reduce sex outside of marriage.

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u/noteworthybalance Jul 29 '25

They want to punish women for the sin of having sex. 

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u/legalpretzel Jul 29 '25

They don’t want to reduce sex outside of marriage. Plenty of GOP men want freedom to sex whoever they want. What they want is to CONTROL WOMEN.

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u/NikEpicene Jul 29 '25

Yeah, but those men aren’t the ones who are extremely against birth control and abortion. They might perform Christian conservatism to win elections, but they still want options for themselves and other wealthy people (like traveling out of state or out of the country). Lately, they’ve been finding themselves between a rock and a hard place because their policies have actually started to become enforceable laws.

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u/Shoe_Ho Jul 28 '25

Exactly!

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u/No_Garage_4232 Jul 29 '25

This! Way back in the 80's I went there for all of my gynecological needs. They were great, the doctors and nurses knowledgeable and it was inexpensive.

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u/Shoe_Ho Jul 29 '25

Same! My hubby and I were starving college students in the 90’s with no health insurance and PP saved us with their low cost visits and birth control. Always loved the providers/workers there too.