Insurance And Birth Control Posted: 02-26-05 04:12am
I don't know if anyone knows about
insurance and prescriptions.
I've been wanting to use my insurance to
get birth control pills because the
coverage is really good getting better
birth control (i'm on ortho from a health
center in my city and I hate it! I only
use it cuz it's free contraception) but
the only thing is i'm still under my
mother's until I am 25. I actually
don't want her to find out that i'm taking
birth control...It's a personal thing to
me and I think that I should have the
right not to say what i"m on or not on,
you know?
So under hippa (don't know if anyone is
familiar) are they allowed to disclose
such information as to what a patient
under your insurance is getting a
prescription for?
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 02-26-05 11:11am
Depends on how old you are currently.. If
you are old enough to go to the doctor on
your own (i forget if it's 16 or 18 that
you don't have to get their consent)..
Then your parents would never know. They
do no report what prescriptions have been
filled under your insurance.
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maryannec
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 22 Location: CA
Posted: 02-27-05 04:12am
I'm 22. I'm old enough. Waaayy old
enough *haha*
but thanks for the reply! I guess I will
just use my insurance then!
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 02-27-05 20:06pm
Lol.. Yeah, you should be fine. :)
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SpideyGirl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 68
Another Option... Posted: 02-27-05 20:25pm
This may not be all doctors, but the
ob/gyn I see usually gives me "samples"
from the office every couple months. She
knows that my insurance won't cover
birthcontrol pills, so she gives me these.
It would be worth asking your gyno when
you go....
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 03-01-05 02:55am
Won't the clinic you go to give you a
different kind? I know the clinic here
will give you one of several different
kinds and ortho is the hardest to get!
And if you are 22, the chances of your mom
finding out through the insurance company
are slim to none. If she gets any info
on prescriptions at all, it would most
likely only be a dollar amount that the
insurance paid in a given year. Good
luck.
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