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40cakesI have too fucking much to do today to deal with the fact that my health insurance (United Healthcare, in case you have it too) has decided to DOUBLE the price of my Pill. And their alternatives are "Here's some generics!" which, as I understand, are about 75% effective. Awesome. I tried to call insurance angrily, but since I asked about Pharmacy in their EVIL EVIL FUCKING EVIL automated phone bullshit, they sent me to their outsourced pharm. The poor guy there has no idea why they changed the price, and can only offer generic options. Badass.
I don’t know the circumstances under which we left Healthnet for UnitedHealthcare, but I took the change in cost of my Pill in stride. But many of us received notices that as of last Saturday (good to know they’re timely) UHC has doubled the price of OrthoCyclen. The alternatives they offer us are generics, which aren’t as effective in preventing pregnancy. They also suggested using their prescription by mail service, which makes the cost of purchasing the Pill less expensive per month, but nonetheless STILL CHARGES MORE PER PACKET. While I know we like babies at our company, we often appreciate them more when they’re expected, and I have absolutely no intention of providing baby #100.
When I tried to call UHC to complain, I was directed to the outsourced pharmacy company who has no idea about UHC practices or procedures. UHC provides no link to email/contact them directly, and their automated phone service is maddening, making me even more infuriated at them over this. If there’s anything you can do, or if you know for a way for ME to contact them every damn day until they change this, I would greatly appreciate it. At this point, I’m ready to fill out claim forms for the increased amount of condoms, tampons, pads, pain medication, acne medication, and abortions I’m going to need for going off OrthoCyclen.
And I didn't even say "Fucking fucking fuck shit!" once!
I don’t know the circumstances under which we left Healthnet for UnitedHealthcare, but I took the change in cost of my Pill in stride. But many of us received notices that as of last Saturday (good to know they’re timely) UHC has doubled the price of OrthoCyclen. The alternatives they offer us are generics, which aren’t as effective in preventing pregnancy. They also suggested using their prescription by mail service, which makes the cost of purchasing the Pill less expensive per month, but nonetheless STILL CHARGES MORE PER PACKET. While I know we like babies at our company, we often appreciate them more when they’re expected, and I have absolutely no intention of providing baby #100.
When I tried to call UHC to complain, I was directed to the outsourced pharmacy company who has no idea about UHC practices or procedures. UHC provides no link to email/contact them directly, and their automated phone service is maddening, making me even more infuriated at them over this. If there’s anything you can do, or if you know for a way for ME to contact them every damn day until they change this, I would greatly appreciate it. At this point, I’m ready to fill out claim forms for the increased amount of condoms, tampons, pads, pain medication, acne medication, and abortions I’m going to need for going off OrthoCyclen.
And I didn't even say "Fucking fucking fuck shit!" once!
