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Despite the fact that the affordable care act was supposed to make birth control free

for everyone with insurance, many people with private insurance are still paying way

too much out of pocket for contraceptives. And for people without private insurance, the

most effective form of contraception can get prohibitive, prohibitively expensive.

And unsurprisingly, studies have found that providing women with free, long-acting contraceptives

dramatically reduces unintended pregnancies and that removing access leads to an increase

in pregnancies. What does that cost to you? Each month or at each six months or whatever?

You know, I knew you were going to ask that. So I did some independent research without

insurance. And it's a wide range. Without insurance, birth control pills, and this is the

only one I did pulled for, can cost between $20 and $50 for each pack. And this is according

to the National Women's Health Network. So this adds up to an annual cost of $240 to $600

a year. Look, that's a lot, man. That's a lot of money right there.

Yeah, really? So I'm not talking about like, you know, the IUDs or anything like that,

that you know, that you can implant. This is just strictly for birth control pills.

The next menstrual products in taxes on them. This is a hot button. What?

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