$3000 contraception in three years = expensive choice of brand name birth control pills. Says absolutely nothing about number of sexual partners, number of sexual acts, or level of commitment.
“$3000 contraception in three years = expensive choice of brand name birth control pills. Says absolutely nothing about number of sexual partners, number of sexual acts, or level of commitment.”
We own a pharmacy. There is no ‘choice of brand name birth control pills’ that cost $3,000 even if she shopped at a HIGH END overpriced pharmacy.
Yes, it says a lot about her sexual activities that she is more focused on getting birth control for FREE (in front of a Congressional committee no less) than focusing on her education.
The most cost-efficient method turns out to be a diaphragm, according to an analysis in U.S. News and World Report. The cup-shaped rubber device, which a woman inserts with a spermicide before intercourse, costs around $60 per year to use (not including the appointment to get it fitted).
Abstinence and fertility-awareness are free, strictly speaking in dollars and cents, as is the prophylactic of last resort: the pull-out method. However, that method is also the least effective. As many a mother has reminded her daughters and sons: All it takes is one swimmer.
Alexandria Bullock, 25, a category manager for a marketing company in Boise, Idaho, likes the flexibility of a once-a-month program. She recently started using the NuvaRing and pays $25 for the device, which is inserted monthly and deploys time-release hormones.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/04/14/contraception-cost-birth-control-pills-craigslist/
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$25 montly x 36 months = $900
So you think we should pay for the most expensive birth control pills of Fluke’s choice?