Girly medical question for someone just moved to the states

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Ok, so my sister has just moved to Dallas with her husband for three years. he's on secondment, and the business has sorted them out with health insurance.

how does she go about getting a repeat prescription for the pill? Does she just have to find a doctor, give them her medical insurance, and they'll sort everything out?

― Vicky (Vicky), Monday, 29 November 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

pretty much.

She should just find a GYN and they'll probably do an annual exam and set her up for a year.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 29 November 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

It depends on her insurance. She may need to see a specific doctor. Not all insurance plans cover the pill.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Especially in Texas.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Reading those last two posts nearly made me burst a vein in my forehead.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

You want the vein to burst? Know that most of those same insurance plans DO pay for Viagra.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha actually that's almost tragically funny. This country makes me feel so unclean sometimes.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

But he said forehead. (xpost)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

badumpbumpCHING!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

luckily a monthly pack of pills isn't that expensive (compared to the cost of having and raising an unwanted child).

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder... : )

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the viagra thing isn't what's tragic though; it's that most insurance plans will pay for any and all vasectomies, while a woman can only get a hysterectomy if there's some life-endangering reason.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

But isn't tubiligation covered, Jody?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

That's largely because it's cheaper and less risky to do a vasectomy than a hysterectomy, isn't it? I mean, snipping through a scrotum vs cutting through the abdominal wall?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

again, it probably depends on the insurance plan.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

snipping through a scrotum

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes Dan is right, the former is a much more complicated and expensive procedure and it usually isn't deemed medically necessary--tubiligation is I believe the medically recommended procedure.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

That doesn't mean tubiligation is covered either though btw. I really don't know.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

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