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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\n\nIf you purchase hormonal contraception through your college health center or a low-cost community clinic, then you're probably aware that the cost of a monthly supply has skyrocketed from $5 to $10 to as much as $50. What's behind the sharp rise? A loophole in a federal law passed last year penalized drug companies who sell birth control pills, the patch, and the ring to colleges and clinics at a discount...so these venues could no longer offer that cheaper rate to their patients.This bureaucratic snafu is forcing many chicks to make a choice: Either fork over the extra cash or go without birth control, thereby risking an unintended pregnancy. In fact, 24 percent of Cosmo readers who get their Pill prescription through a college health center or clinic told us that the price hike is so steep that they may have to go off it, according to a recent poll.The good news is that you can make a difference! Help make prescription birth control affordable again by supporting the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, which is a bill recently introduced into the House and the Senate that aims to restore your price discount. You can also add your name to a Planned Parenthood petition and let your Congressional reps know how important it is that this issue be fixed pronto.Plus, have you signed Cosmo's petition yet? Once we get 5,000 names, we'll then send it to lawmakers too!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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