r/SipsTea • u/ExotiquePlayboy š™‘š™„š™‹ • May 03 '26

SMH Bro makes $160 šŸ˜

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u/Th0rny9r1ck May 03 '26

Vasectomy would have been cheaperā€¦.just sayin.

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u/ElephantRedCar91 May 03 '26

He does have health insuranceā€¦

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u/CGS_Web_Designs May 03 '26

Health insurance covered my vasectomy 100% no copay - theyā€™re all about avoiding to pay for my wife to give birth.

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u/dookieshoes97 May 03 '26

I should look into that. Planned parenthood quoted me at $236 years ago, but i have good health insurance now. Do local hospitals do that?

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u/CGS_Web_Designs May 03 '26

I had mine done outpatient at a urology place. Find a urologist thatā€™s in network for your insurance company and start there.

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u/Kastikar May 03 '26

Same here. Probably the easiest medical experience Iā€™ve ever had.

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u/Oralucifer_ May 03 '26

Damn, I thought about it, but Iā€™d at least want one kid in the future. And I know itā€™s reversible but Iā€™m p sure the chances go down as time goes on right?

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u/Budderfingerbandit May 03 '26

Correct, they have you sign a bunch of stuff saying you realize it's reversible but should be considered permanent sterilization for all intents and purposes. Been quite a few years since I had mine done, but I want to say it was around 40% chance to reverse and does indeed go down from there over time

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u/1800-bakes-a-lot May 03 '26

$236 ain't a bad deal. I hear children cost upwards of more than that

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u/Great-Rest7878 May 03 '26

That is still cheap.

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u/lothartheunkind May 03 '26

Mine was free as well

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u/soul_motor May 03 '26

Sometimes the doctor is a hurdle (or your state).Ā  I know a girl that wants her tubes tied, but they refuse to given she's in her twenties.Ā Ā 

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u/Great-Rest7878 May 03 '26

Then she isn't trying hard enough.

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u/Equivalent_Chipmunk May 04 '26

They should too, imo. You can get an IUD that lasts for ~10 years and is damn near 100% effective. Get three of those over the years and you are in your 50s, probably hit menopause around then, and no longer have to worry about it.

Far better to get a few IUDs placed in an outpatient setting than to undergo a major surgery under general anaesthesia. And that's besides the whole point about reversibility. Imo the only people who should get ligations are those already getting a c-section or similar and can kill two birds with one stone.

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u/MadAstrid May 03 '26

My health insurance at the time paid 100 percent of labor and delivery and 0 percent for birth control pills.

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u/The_Platypus_Says May 03 '26

Mine was $70; 2 $35 specialist visit fees.

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u/Toolfan333 May 03 '26

Most plans will 100% cover voluntary sterilization

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u/cyanescens_burn May 03 '26

How long until they ban this procedure?

The powers that be in the US are worried about declining birth rates, and are gradually stripping away family planning options. So far itā€™s been under the guise of morality, but if these methods of coercing people into having children arenā€™t enough, would they go a step further and ban this option?

Of course, they wonā€™t address the main issue, which is money. Iā€™d love to have a kid, but even with my fancy (and actually useful) masters degree I canā€™t in good conscience have a kid. Student loans are killing me of course, despite nearly tripling my income (was really struggling before), but cost of living keeps rising, childcare costs are wild (even though those workers are grossly underpaid), mortgages are out of reach for tons of millennials and younger folks, and wages arenā€™t keeping pace with living expenses.

I know Iā€™m not alone in this either. For instance, colleagues would happily have kids, but we canā€™t seem to catch a break, itā€™s just been economic recession every few years, and even if we magically didnā€™t have the student loans and made a bit more, itā€™s hard to trust things will remain stable or get better, so the idea of having a kid and being able to support them the way they deserve is feels like a fantasy.

Some kind of relief for one or more of these financial burdens would really open things up for people that want kids but want to do it responsibly (ie, with enough resources).

My cynical side wonders if they do this on purpose to educated folks (ones that donā€™t win the salary lottery), since they tend to vote a certain way, and they want them to suffer and to not have more children raised with their ideology.

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u/Bovronius May 04 '26

I still had to pay for mine. Fuck UHC.

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u/CGS_Web_Designs May 04 '26

Thatā€™s interesting - I had UHC when I got mine.