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I have so much experience with this, as do thousands of women. Before the ACA was enacted, insurers were allowed to charge copays for birth control pills. I wa
by panda888888 8y ago
I have so much experience with this, as do thousands of women.
Before the ACA was enacted, insurers were allowed to charge copays for birth control pills. I was paying $50/month ($600/year) for something that cost literally pennies for them to manufacture.
Generic birth control pills are one of the most common, cheapest medicines out there. I'm glad that the ACA outlawed copays for them.
- swebs 8y ago>I was paying $50/month ($600/year) for something that cost literally pennies for them to manufacture. This applies to the vast majority of drugs. Most of the cost either goes to recouping R&D or funding less profitable drugs.
- panda888888 8y agoTrue. My point is that the most common drugs are often the cheapest, so this 25% number quoted in the article isn't a surprise at all. I actually would have guessed that it would be higher.