Category: birth control

[Update 10/8/2013 – at the bottom…] My first post about birth control focused on cost — why the pharmaceutical industry’s contraceptive pills tend to be expensive. I’ve since realized that staying baby-free is much more important to women than the money spent on pills, no matter the cost. Given the choice between spending lots of…

One aspect of the federally-mandated changes in insurance coverage of birth control products hasn’t gotten nearly the attention it deserves. The problem that reformers were addressing is that birth control prescriptions are expensive. It’s not just the $60 or $100/month for a pack of pills. There’s also the $60 or $100 for an appointment with…