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Drug Makers to Cease Discount on Birth Control Products for College Students August 30, 2007 College students will have to pay a little more for birth control products as the drug makers are all set to discontinue the practice that provides hormonal contraceptives, including the patch, the pill and the Nuva ring, to students on a reduced rate. The modification is on account of new federal regulations which were in effect since January. For instance, a 28-day cycle pack of "Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo", which was available just for five-dollars at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Student Health Center, New York, will cost a whopping 20-dollars and 40 dollars under the student insurance program and a private health plan respectively. The RPI Student Health Center distributed over 3,000 packs of birth control last year to students for only five-dollars. "Easy accessibility of birth control products at affordable prices makes a lot of difference to students here," states Kris Newman, nurse practitioner at the RPI Student Health Center. The college's health clinic is extremely popular among young women for birth control alternatives as they are living away from their families and regular doctors, devoid of excess extra money. "With relevant birth control means available at relatively fair cost, you don't need to involve your parents when you don't wish as it is hard to maintain good sexual health during college age," graduation student, Rachel Selsky opines. So, the price hike is certainly going to affect most of the college students
who want to uphold confidentiality, if the payments will be made on their
student account.
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