Monday, August 31, 2009

Just wanted to share this with you...

... my insurance coverage expires tonight. So I made sure to refill my prescriptions yesterday (not just because I would not be allowed after today; I was actually out).

I got my first paycheck from New Job on Friday, so I could afford to buy my meds. (Insurance from New Job won't start until November 1st, even though I started working there August 3rd.)

I paid 10% of my (monthly) paycheck for my (monthly) meds. I found that interesting, so I thought I'd share those numbers with you.

(Also, new insurance covers "the pill" and Norplant. Not Nuvaring, which is what I use. So, either I pay $70 a month for my birth control, or I go back to the less-reliable, more-prone-to-human-error daily pill. Can you tell how thrilled I am about all this?)

4 comments:

  1. Lauren10:44 PM

    Interesting that your insurance only covers Norplant...from what I understand, people are using Implanon now - one rod in your arm that you can't see or feel. I'm very bad with the all-hormones-all-the-time, but I can see how one might want it instead of taking the pill. It sucks that your new insurance doesn't cover what you really need.

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  2. Seems so silly to have that 3 month gap. =(

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  3. $70 a month for birth control? Yikes. I paid about $40 for Nuvaring with my insurance and a little more for Yaz.

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  4. Lauren, I was surprised to see Norplant, too. It seemed so outdated, and if you're going to go for long-term BC, what about IUDs?

    GeerGirl, with my last job, Nuvaring came out to $23/month. With the job before that, it was $40/month. But since this new job won't cover it, it'll be full-price, which is around $70/month. Ugh.

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