Affordable Birth Control Pills To Hit College Campuses
Posted by: Annika Harris
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9:30AM, Thursday March 12th 2009
It’s going to be raining birth control pills on college campuses now that the “Affordable Birth Control Act” has passed, which, as part of omnibus spending bill, will give college health clinics and community health centers affordable access to birth control pills. In 2007, due to federal cost-cutting, students were forced to pay up to 10 times more for the pill than they had before. Some went from paying $5 or less per month to paying $30 to $50. Some college pharmacies stopped stopped stocking birth control pills altogether. Now uninsured students won’t have to view the pill as an extravagant luxury and can enjoy the tons of sex they’re having without risking an unintended pregnancy. [USNews.com]
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CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on March 12 2009 @ 10:33 am: [report]
Wonderful, I graduate a year and a half ago…
Lynn
wrote on March 12 2009 @ 03:15 pm: [report]
I was lucky in that my campus had birth control for $10. My senior year it went up to - GASP - $15.
Even if you don’t go to school at a place where it’s so affordable, everyone should remember that many pharmacies (Walmart & Kroger, to name a few) are all about low-cost prescriptions right now. I think Walmart has Tri-Sprintec (generic Orto Tri Cycle) for just $10 or $15.
misspixie
wrote on March 12 2009 @ 04:28 pm: [report]
Ok, I am sooo pleased I live in the UK. Birth control is free here…
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on March 12 2009 @ 06:50 pm: [report]
@Cyberpixie: Damn your NHS!
Oh wait…you have free health care?
@Lynn: Wal-mart, right. That is if the pharmacists decide to sell it to you or if it violates ther morals or some crap. In college we went to pharmacies around New Jersey trying to buy plan B to provide info for a study about where and who is most affected. Vox Rawks!
misspixie
wrote on March 13 2009 @ 02:51 am: [report]
Well free inasmuch as you pay a certain amount per month directly out of your paypacket to cover the NHS. Sometimes you have to pay a nominal amount to cover a prescription, but contraception is free of charge.