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[austin_tycho]

Nothing in particular has triggered this today, but I sure am glad I'm wombless.

No pills, no shots, no condoms, no pregnancy scares, no bleeding, and no cramps.

It's unfortunate but true that I'm glad I won't have to figure out how to perform an abortion on myself since the right to get one could go away soon.

But I'm mostly glad right now about the no cramps part.

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[contentlove.livejournal.com]

Slightly off topic, but I'm in the process of getting insurance and I have a couple of questions, which I'll understand perfectly if you decline to answer because you view it as TMI.

Who's your insurance carrier?
Did they give you any trouble about paying for this procedure?
Have they given you generally good service?

Reason I ask is because I've recently bought some insurance, but I'm in the phase between writing the check and getting accepted. Now is the last chance for me to do some comparison shopping. My main resource is a big website of Texas (and national providers) but it's hard for me to calibrate what the info means. Ergo, I'm looking for some real stories about companies my friends use, so I can have some kind of bench mark to judge the website's rating system.

Thanks for any help you or anyone else can give.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

Not a problem.

I have HealthSelect, which is the gov't worker's variation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Despite having a Catholic reputation, not only did they not balk at paying for my medically-necessary hysterectomy, but several years ago they payed for my not technically necessary tubal ligation with no fuss at all. My doctor requested that I see a psychiatrist before he okayed it (?!) but since it was a referral insurance paid for that too, and I can talk to anyone for an hour. *shrug*

From my end, service has been pretty good. Co-pays have gone up over the years, but I don't guess I can complain about that too much. Prescription costs have gone up a lot, and they decided to have a list of 'preferred' meds for certain treatments, which is irritating.

I was seeing a counselor a few years ago that I had to quit seeing, because she decided she didn't like a bunch of insurance flunkies telling her how to do her job whenever she tried to get payments- so she stopped taking BCBS. That was a bummer. But there are a lot of people that take BCBS, and if you get a good primary doctor who is willing to make referrals, you can get them to pay for a whole lot. I see a chiropractor occasionally and that's covered by my insurance too.

[todfox.livejournal.com]

I need to schedule a visit with the crotch laser before the right to choose goes away and then I accidentally knock someone up when the condom slips off. :P