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Hey @Edvard, Truvada needs a prescription. Are you licensed to receive a prescription from the doctor?
Doctors prescribe both Truvada and Birth control on our platform :) There is no automated system dispensing drugs. A licensed physician reviews each request.
This app is going to run up against the thorny issue of telemedicine legislation if they ever want to expand from California. California is a pretty easy state to start out in, but a lot of states have some pretty... interesting... views on telemedicine.
> If you're a woman living in the United States, you already know that getting your hands on birth control can be a complex and expensive process. I'm not a woman nor in the US, so this was news to me. It's really easy and cheap here in NZ, so it surprised me that this is still a problem in any developed nations. Can anyone add more background on what the difficulties are in the US?
It is true that in certain limited cases if a company has a religious objection against contraception, they are not required to pay for it as part of their employees' health plan, but a) that's very, very few employers, b) that doesn't prevent the employees from buying it themselves, and c) the over-the-counter expense of contraception is trivial anyway.
This app is going to run up against the thorny issue of telemedicine legislation if they ever want to expand from California. California is a pretty easy state to start out in, but a lot of states have some pretty... interesting... views on telemedicine.
We (Nurx) have already expanded to New York and will be expanding to many more states in the coming weeks.