A federal judge just rules that health plans must cover birth control. Does your insurance provider cover oral contraceptives? Most insurance providers cover expensive Viagra pills for men, but do not cover oral contraceptives for women.
This decision does not obligate your plan to cover oral contraceptives, so you must contact your insurance provider to ask them to cover oral contraceptives. On a related note, when the federal government included such coverage in their health care plans some time ago, there was no increase in premiums.
A friend of mine is working on a project with a group of other business students who are developing a business plan that will result in a home test to detect cervical cancer. As part of their market research, they are conducting a web-based survey to determine levels of interest in the product among women. The survey is completely anonymous, and the data will be invaluable in convincing investors to support the development of a test that we hope will benefit women and aid in early detection of this very serious disease.
If you are female and are willing to spend less than 5 minutes filling out this survey, please go to www.secondtree.com/cancer and follow the survey instructions.
Regardless of your gender, please consider forwarding this information along to some of your friends and family. The more respondents they get to the survey, the better the data will be. But please do not forward this information after Saturday, 6/23/01. Thanks.
