Birth control cost jumps after act slashes funding
Since supply of subsidized pills has been depleted, students will feel price increase immediately
Students attempting to practice safe sex may now face bigger roadblocks than just the long walk to Walgreens.
Yale University Health Services increased the price of oral contraception last week, following the implementation of the Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which forced the University to stop subsidizing the Pill.
Students insured by the University’s Prescription Plus health plan will begin feeling the effects of the price hike immediately, since YUHS used up the last of its subsidized birth control last week.
The federal act, which was signed by...
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