Posted on 06/10/2015 4:40:25 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Judy Naillon called her insurer several months ago to find out why she was being charged $35 every month for birth control pills. Her friends said they were getting their pills free under the federal health law.
Why wasn't she getting the same deal?
The insurance representative explained that was because the plan Naillon and her husband had through his job was "grandfathered" under the health law. In other words, unlike other health plans, Naillon's insurance policy, which existed before the health law was enacted, doesn't have to cover many preventive services, including contraception.
Naillon would have to continue to pay a share of the cost of her pills, the insurer told her.
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IOW, the old “Brains in the Pants” syndrome.
Yep, had a close call on that myself. Saved by fate.
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