I was a broke college student like everyone else. But my doctor prescribed me birth control to help with my irregular and extremely painful periods—the kind that would stop your entire day. My parents’ extremely good union insurance would not cover the pill at all, even though it was stated by my doctor that it was not for contraception as much as it was for pain and irregularity. I spent a lot of time on the phone with the insurance company and my doctor, and after she wrote a letter explaining the situation, my insurance company refunded me around $600 after paying full price (around $76) for over a year. Flash forward to today—I have new insurance. My birth control pill doubled in price ($40 to $82 a month) WITH insurance coverage. I’m considering going off of this monster altogether because it just doesn’t seem worth it. I might as well have a kid—hell, it’d be cheaper. —Jessica, 27, producer

In response to Rep. Tom Price who claimed that no woman has ever been denied access to birth control because she could not afford it. ”Bring me one woman who has been left behind. Bring me one. There’s not one,” Price told ThinkProgress when it asked how low-income women could access contraception if it were not insured.

Obviously his statement is cis-centric and this issue affects people other than women.

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