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Birth control costs skyrocket on campus.(NEWSWATCH)
As reported by WIHE in April 2007, costs for birth control on campus will double, triple or even quadruple this fall on some campuses due to federal regulations.
A somewhat hidden part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 required that for pharmaceutical companies to continue to offer colleges birth control at nominal prices, they'd have to pay more to participate in Medicaid. Instead the cost of birth control for women students is skyrocketing at many schools.
At Pennsylvania State University's health center, the price of a one-month pack of ...
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