Author Topic: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?  (Read 1294 times)

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will it especially since I am paying out of pocket so insurance will not know?
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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 04:21:51 PM »
will it especially since I am paying out of pocket so insurance will not know?



I really don't think so. It's not something you run in and tell your insurance company if you are paying out of pocket anyways. What they don't know won't hurt them.

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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 04:35:25 PM »
My insurance company pays for mine  ;D

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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 10:00:52 PM »
It will be part of your medical records.  If you are paying for it out of pocket (which by itself may be a red flag for the insurance company) it won't change the diagnosis of hypogonadism that caused the doctor to prescribe the HRT in the first place.  For the most part, insurance companies are going to look at this intitially, not how much you are paying for HRT.  Since you are paying out of pocket for yourself, you are automatically in a higher rate bracket.   Just be aware of that. 

The thing you need to have is a letter of credable coverage if you switch insurnace companies.   The new company can request all of your previous medical records and they can do a search for them based on who your previous insurance provider was.   They get super stupid if you don't have proof of insurance within the last year before switching companies.  They can deny coverage of some medications, but by and large things like Insulin  or other antidiabetic drugs, hormonal therapies, etc will be covered, you will just have jacked up premiums. 

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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2008, 06:02:25 PM »
say if i got HRT from out of pocket...  insurance co has no idea about it.

ok, now i now want disability insurance,,,will they find out about the HRT?  if so, how would they?  there is no national system that would let them know....  curious.
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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2008, 08:27:27 PM »
say if i got HRT from out of pocket...  insurance co has no idea about it.

ok, now i now want disability insurance,,,will they find out about the HRT?  if so, how would they?  there is no national system that would let them know....  curious.

Keep your mouth closed and no one will know. Drug addicts that shoot heroin and smoke crack and get sick are not discriminated against and neither will a guy on TRT weather legal or not!

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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 07:55:06 AM »
say if i got HRT from out of pocket...  insurance co has no idea about it.

ok, now i now want disability insurance,,,will they find out about the HRT?  if so, how would they?  there is no national system that would let them know....  curious.

4th is correct, although an insurance company can request medical records and you will be penalized if you withhold them and get caught. 


It shouldn't make a difference with disability insurance anyway.  Its not like being hypogonadal causes an individual to have the inability to work---which is really what the purpose of disability insurance is. 

In some respects its not that much different than a woman taking birth control pills.  Or you can try to argue that. 

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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2008, 07:01:25 PM »
ok thanks!,,,i spoke with the insurance company any they say HRT is an issue based on WHY it was issued.

if issued for weight loss, hypogonadism, its OK

if its for depression, you may not get covered!


thanks guys, this was helpfull!
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Re: will gettin HRT effect health insurance or disability insurance?
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2008, 08:53:17 PM »
ok thanks!,,,i spoke with the insurance company any they say HRT is an issue based on WHY it was issued.

if issued for weight loss, hypogonadism, its OK

if its for depression, you may not get covered!


thanks guys, this was helpfull!

Awesome man, thats good news for you. Less money out of your pocket is always cool.