The bc I take is $24 a month. I use a coupon they give out at the gyno along with my insurance.
I have that coupon too, but still.. $24 is quite a lot per month. There is a generic available that has 7 of the iron pills instead of 4, but I'm afraid to switch to the generic since the brand LoEstren24 has been working so well for me.
So pay I must. Before this, I was on Seasonale, which has no generic and is a three month pack... it was like $100 every three months. Talk about a fucking rip off.Anyway. It's not totally unusual for private insurance to completely cover birth control, even if you think your dad has a shitty plan. If you are on something with a generic, like Trinessa or Mononessa, those are relatively cheap and most insurance only charges $5-$15 or less. Free birthcontrol will become even more common come August where the mandate for women's preventative health care goes into effect, which requires all insurance to cover contraceptives. Halle-fuckin-lujah.
You will want to check with your pharmacy to make sure they are billing Blue Cross. I feel certain that medicaid is much harder to come by than visiting Planned Parenthood and telling them you're poor. But all you have to do is ask the pharmacy what insurance was billed for the last fill. You won't go to jail if somehow you acquired medicaid. It expires unless you actively renew it.
