Jun, 25th, 2012
After drastically increasing the price of birth control pills and patches for the nation’s family planning clinics, Ortho-McNeil announced last week that it would lower its price so that contraceptives will remain affordable. It was announced in July that Ortho-McNeil would raise prices form just $0.01 to $21.01 for birth control pills and from $12.15 to $22.46 for the patch. Some clinics were considering reducing their hours and closing some locations in order to continue to function if the price was to increase that much. While other clinics were distributing birth control pills and patches free, such a price jump would have limited access for many low-income women.
