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Inexpensive Birth Control

October 10, 2006 By Louise Norris

Several years ago, I was working for a large company, and health insurance was something that I just took for granted.  The only time I ever used it was to visit my gynecologist once a year, and to get my birth control prescription filled.  I think I paid $5 or $10/month for my Rx.  Once I became self employed, I found out that the fancy brand-name birth control I was taking cost $35/month.  My individual health insurance has a $500 deductible on prescriptions, so I was paying full price for the prescription every month.  I did some searching around and found Drugs For Less.  It’s a mail order pharmacy (formerly called SmartWomanRx), and I now pay $45 for a three-month supply of birth control, delivered to my house.  They only carry certain prescriptions, so I checked with them first to find out which generic Rx they carried that was most like the brand-name drug I was on.  Then I asked my doctor to write me a prescription for the generic option, and started saving $240/year on prescription costs.  The phone number for Drugs For Less is 888-999-1595.  So if you don’t have prescription drug copays on your health insurance and are paying out-of-pocket for your birth control, give them a call and see if you can save some money. 

tags: drugs for less prescription birth control

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About Louise Norris

Louise Norris has been writing about health insurance and healthcare reform since 2006. In addition to the Colorado Health Insurance Insider, she also writes for healthinsurance.org, medicareresources.org, Verywell, Spark by ADP, and Boost by ADP, and Gusto. Follow on twitter and facebook.

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