College Students Birth Control Costs Triple - Beatfactory Forced To Go Dutch Treat

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College students hit by higher birth control prices

New law means universities have had to triple prices

Facing steep increases in the price of birth control, many local college students are weighing whether to shell out several hundred more dollars each year, switch medications or just go without oral contraceptives.

Prices have tripled at universities around the country, including Houston, because of a change in the Medicaid rebate law that discourages pharmaceutical companies from offering big discounts on medications to college health centers.

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[NelsonG]

That's not a bad price, but still a big increase in prices from the ones they had before. I personally don't pay a dime. My gf gets this 3-month shot and she pays for it... and it's the generic brand because there is about a $20-$30 difference in price.