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/Plenty-Western-2806 Jul 29 '25
Your local health department will dispense birth control for free. We ran into this when trying to get Nexplanon covered. My insurance wanted the GYN is use their special CVS pharmacy to have the device shipped to them and then charge for the insertion fee. The GYN refused, I do not blame them, they have their own stock of devices to use and ALL birth control should be free. They told us to go to health dept. It was free. I live in a (very) red state. This was after I spent 2 hours getting the run around from the insurance. We never could get a straight answer on why it isn’t covered.