Should I Tell Planned Parenthood My Concerns? PLEASE READ?

I suffer from a debilitating disease called Endometriosis. It causes severe, and excruciating uterine contractions/cramps during my menstrual cycle. In order to shut off my menstrual cycle, I take continuous birth control pills. (Skipping the placebo pills so I never menstruate)

My health insurance will NOT cover my pills until I get a laparoscopy. I don’t want invasive surgery and would rather use continuous BCP since they are extremely helpful and I have significantly less pain.

These pills cost me $70 per month. I thought I could go to PP to get them cheaper. I went to PP and explained my condition. I explained how I was not sexually active and I use the pills for my medical condition, not contraception.

They had me fill out various forms and on every single form I checked “abstinence” and “no” on the question asking whether I was sexually active. I explained repeatedly my reason for using the pills.

However, the “clinician” (receptionist that doubles as a clinician) repeatedly insinuated that I was lying by saying things like “Hey do you want to buy some condoms? We have them 10 for a dollar?” and “We need to get you on these pills so you don’t get pregnant.” She said these things just after I was done explaining.

When I had a pap done, the nurse said “Yes we need to do a pap. Yeah let’s see, you’ve been sexually active for four years now.” (I first had sex at age 17 but I quit having sex at age 18 after deciding I am not emotionally ready to have sex. I have not had sex since age 18.

Why are they so disrespectful? Also, I asked to get my complete file so I could see what they wrote about me, and the clinician (receptionist that calls herself a clinician) explained that their policy is to only release “pertinent information”, what she referred to as abnormal test results. They don’t even follow HIPAA. After I explained that their office needs to follow HIPAA and give me a copy of my ENTIRE file, she shut up and agreed to copy my entire file.

I am going there to get my records tomorrow. Should I ask to speak with a clinician as to whether I should continue to get BCP there? They are insulting my intelligence by repeatedly making references to avoiding pregnancy. They also assumed I was a moron by thinking they could get away with only give me my abnormal results. I have no abnormal results, so they would have given me nothing.

Should I talk with them? Also, the clinician went on and on talking about birth control pills and how they are safe and she said “Yes they are actually used to treat many medical conditions like Endometriosis.” She said it to me as if I was not aware of that, and all along I had been telling her that I use it for Endometriosis.

I don’t appreciate being treated like a child. I don’t like being told to take my pills so I don’t get pregnant. I should be told to take my pills so I don’t start bleeding and have severe pain.

Should I talk to them? Why do they think they can insult my intelligence and my medical conditions? I wouldn’t be paying $70 per month if I were using it for an unnecessary purpose (contraception.) I use it so I can have a decent life! Before I was on BCP, I missed a ton of work and school. I need to save money because I start law school in 15 months and the schools I am looking at cost $38,000 per year.
Parental Unit, you obviously operate under the “obedience over everything else” mentality. You probably teach your children to be polite and obedient at all times. However, I realized that I get much further in life when I stand up for my rights and assert myself. That office has an official policy that does NOT follow HIPAA. That is incredibly serious. They could be shut down because when I went there, they never handed me a sheet explaining HIPAA rights (as they are required to do.) I AM going to complain to their regional office. This regional office has a website in which they clearly state that all patients are entitled to their complete file, only excluding psychotherapy notes. That office will be angry when they found out that this PP is not following their policy. This office simply things they can created their own policy so they don’t have to copy as many pages. They said that their policy is to charge $5 for the file. They get $5 regardless of the number of pages.
Parental Unit, you obviously operate under the “obedience over everything else” mentality. You probably teach your children to be polite and obedient at all times. However, I realized that I get much further in life when I stand up for my rights and assert myself. That office has an official policy that does NOT follow HIPAA. That is incredibly serious. They could be shut down because when I went there, they never handed me a sheet explaining HIPAA rights (as they are required to do.) I AM going to complain to their regional office. This regional office has a website in which they clearly state that all patients are entitled to their complete file, only excluding psychotherapy notes. That office will be angry when they found out that this PP is not following their policy. This office simply things they can created their own policy so they don’t have to copy as many pages. They said that their policy is to charge $5 for the file. They get $5 regardless of the number of pages.
I can say whatever the hell I want, because what do I have to lose? PP charges a flat rate of $22 for BCP (these use generics). You can only get a discount if you qualify for medicaid. I called up my local pharmacy and they informed me that they have a generic that only costs $19!!!! I have no intention of ever using PP’s services.

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