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/Ok_Play2364 Jul 28 '25

Such BS. I bet the Christian insurance pays for Viagra though

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u/Actual-Government96 Jul 29 '25

I knew of a (Non Catholic) Christian charity (503) that did this and tried to exclude plan B because it was an "abortion pill". This was pre ACA, so they could easily do that kind of thing.

We had to explain how the pill actually worked, and they changed their minds - mostly because no one was getting it anyway. How disappointing to realize they had done nothing to even look into it before trying to take it off the table for hundreds of employees.