Parent's Insurance and Birth Control?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get on the Pill and have a gyno appointment scheduled for next week. Since birch control is so expensive I was thinking about using my parent's insurance to help cover the cost, but I don't know if using the insurance would clue them in that I would be using the Pill. I'm 20 years old and I live in Rhode Island, if that helps any.

If you don't think I should use my parents insurance is there a cheaper way? If so, can you give me a price estimation?

Thank you!

I almost forgot...my parents are very traditional and believe that sex should be saved for after marriage, so I'm petrified to even bring up the conversation of sex and birth control with them. As silly as it may sound since I'm 20 if they found out I'd be in a lot of trouble.

Check with the local health department or planned parenthood. A lot of time after an examination they are dispensed free or for very little charge. If you don't want your parents to know, don't use the insurance. If you are a student you might check with the student health services. You need to remember you still need to use barrier protection to avoid STD's. Good luck.

Find the local Planned Parenthood in your area, they give out birth control for free.

If that is not an option, I would ask your doctor when you go. Your visit should be confidential, but since it is your parents' insurance, I do not know if the list of prescriptions would be. I can't see why they wouldn't be confidential as well, but double check. Also, your doctor may know of some good clinics in the area that will give you birth control pills.

Good luck!

Here's a list of PP places in RI:

183 Angell Street
Providence, RI 02904
(401) 383-4818

PO Box 41059
Providence, RI 02940
(401) 421-9620

There's a good chance they're find out, yeah. I went to planned parenthood for this very reason, because I knew I could get birth control cheaper there, and my parents wouldn't have to know. Of course, a week later my mom sat me down for a heart to heart and told me she wanted me to be on birth control since I'd been with my boyfriend a year. So go figure. Anyway, I didn't have a job, so I got my Depo shot for free, without insurance. Hope I helped.=)

You can explain to your doctor that you know being on the pill may help regulate your periods better and help with cramping, that you have probs during that time. It really does regulate you and really helps lesson the duration etc... Medical reason then would be why you're on the pill.

it doesn't matter cause birth control is NOT covered by insurance. the pills will run you anywhere from 25 dollars for generic up to fourty dollars a month. like everyone else said a government clinic will charge you for the pills based on your income to ensure that it's affordable for you, but you have to be a patient (get your exam) there.

for who said insurance does not pay they do, as your parents do not get a list of what was given. Plus you could say they were given because your period was irregular.