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Article: Birth control prices skyrocket at U. Maryland health center
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- University Wire
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- September 6, 2007
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Patsy Morrow
University Wire
09-06-2007
(The Diamondback) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Students who purchase birth control pills at the University of Maryland at College Park Health Center are in for a shock this semester as some popular methods have quintupled in price.
The change stems from a federal law called The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 which prohibits pharmaceutical companies from selling contraceptives to university health centers at a discounted price. As a result, the health center can't afford to continue offering birth control at reduced prices.
The health center had an excess of available birth control clinic packs, which has helped absorb price increases since the ...