Ashley E.
Terrible Communication and Complicated Process
I attempted to use Favor (The Pill Club) to refill my birth control prescription when I couldn't get in to see my PCP. I started the process 2 weeks before my current prescription would run out. It took more than 5 days (and contacting them via text message twice) for the team to review my response to their questionnaire. They offered the option of switching to Annovera, and after reading through some information they provided I decided to switch. The information they provided me said that it would be free with most insurances. I finally was able to make my appointment with one of their nurse practitioners nearly a week after starting the process. I scheduled the appointment an hour before I had to go to work. The NP was late to the appointment, and when she finally joined the video call she told me that there was a problem with my account that she would have to have fixed before she could prescribe any medications. She said she would call me back in "a few minutes." I never heard back from her. At my lunch break I called the customer support line, and they were able to fix the problem with my account (apparently I had a "double account" somehow). I then spent the remainder of my lunch break trying to schedule another appointment because the links they kept sending me didn't work. When I finally have my appointment with another NP, it takes less than 5 minutes and seems easy enough. She says that she will send the prescription to the pharmacy and they should be mailing it soon. Two days later, I get a text message from them saying that after my insurance has been applied the annual total for my medication will be $1200. I knew that there was a discount card from the drug company, so I send that to the Favor pharmacy. They said that it would decrease the total to around $400 (still crazy since most birth control is free thanks to the ACA), but then I get a call from a pharmacist telling me that I can't use the discount card because I'm a federal employee. I asked the pharmacist if they could switch the prescription to NuvaRing (a similar medication which is free with my insurance), and he said no because they don't carry that medication at The Pill Club Pharmacy. Apparently the NPs that work their will only send medications to that pharmacy even if they don't carry the one that you want/is covered by your insurance. Two weeks has now gone by dealing with this mess. I just gave up trying to get medication through them. After all of that, I still got a bill from them for over $1000 for the 3 minute telemedicine visit with the NP. In the end, I made an appointment with GoodRx Care, another telemedicine health service. It cost $50, I got an appointment within 1 hour, and they sent a prescription to my local pharmacy for pick up that day. I would not recommend Favor/The Pill Club to any of my friends or family.
Response from The Pill ClubOct 18, 2022
Hi Ashley, thank you for taking the time to leave this review. We apologize for any delays you may have experienced within our prescribing process. We are committed to our patients receiving a quality customer service experience. Nonetheless, we continue to work on ensuring setbacks like these do not occur so our patients can depend on us for their birth control needs. If you have any outstanding concerns, we encourage you to contact us via email at [email protected] , through our secure message center: https://heyfavor.com/contact-us, or by phone at (772) 217-4557.

