Birth control
Health Insurers Are Blocking Self-Administered Birth Control Injections During Pandemic, Doctors Say
“A bunch of insurers are giving us a big runaround about filling this prescription."
The rollback aims to make it easier for employers to object for moral or religious reasons.
American women can spend up to $1,000 a year on birth control.
The implant prevents pregnancy for up to three years, while the IUD can prevent pregnancy from three to 12 years.
That's a heck of a lot of styrofoam.
New York women covered by Medicaid now have the option of receiving an intrauterine device or contraceptive implant immediately following childbirth, sparing them an inconvenient follow-up appointment.
Good news for those who feel slightly icky at the thought of 2,200 animals being literally executed by guns or gas: the DEC has scuttled the initial, aggressive plan.
A group of NYU doctors have seen this anecdotally, so they decided to study it.
An interactive map charts the prices of birth control at roughly 100 pharmacies.
"She bought that methadone her damn self."
Despite the advances that have been made, the Bronx still has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country.