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/Superb_Narwhal6101 Jul 28 '25

One of my companies hospitals is a Catholic hospital, their employees are not covered for any type of birth control, including tubal ligations, vasectomies, nothing. I had a coworker that switched over to the companies insurance services division with me. She got a letter from the company saying “Good news. Since you are no longer an employee at XXX, you are now eligible for birth control coverage.” She was 60 years old. We laughed so hard.

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u/Janknitz Jul 28 '25

My daughter is a pediatrician with a Catholic hospital. She gets her BCP’s through some mail order company, I’m not sure which. She bypasses her health insurance altogether for the prescription, since her medical insurance coverage uses affiliated providers who are also employed by this hospital system, and says the cost is very reasonable.

As a provider, she had to sign a 15 page single spaced agreement outlining the Catholic philosophy and outlining what she can and cannot prescribe or recommend to her sexually active teen patients.

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u/Superb_Narwhal6101 Jul 28 '25

Isn’t that just insanity?? I think a lot of women do the online BCPs now. It’s just crazy that in 2025, this is still a thing. You must be so proud that your daughter is a pediatrician!!

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u/Actual-Government96 Jul 29 '25

I love the pettiness, though. I would open the letter and think "ah, I'm home "

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u/Superb_Narwhal6101 Jul 29 '25

We were dying laughing. Like thanks so much. 🤣