The rising cost of contraception on college campuses
The New York Times reported last week that the price of contraception at college health centers has risen significantly as a result of changes in federal law. College health clinics used to receive contraceptives at a drastically discounted price. Unfortunately, that’s no longer the case.
Some college clinics have reported sudden drops in the numbers of contraceptives sold; students have reported switching to less expensive contraceptives or considering alternatives like the so-called morning-after pill; and some clinics, including one at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., have stopped stocking some prescription contraceptives, saying they are too expensive.
Wake’s Student Health website doesn’t say anything about the cost of obtaining preventive contraceptives like the birth control pill. It does say, however, that emergency contraception, aka the “morning-after pill” or “Plan B,” can be obtained for $25.
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Plan B used to be $20 at Wake but it went up once emergency contraception became available over-the-counter. I’m not sure about all the birth control pills at student health, but some can be as much as $50- which is $30 more than you would pay at CVS or any other drug store! (gotta love being a Women and Gender Studies minor, I know all this fun stuff!)
Posted by: Kelly on November 29, 2007 8:12 pm