Myra Batchelder

National Institute for Reproductive Health

Myra Batchelder is the Director of the Low-Income Access Program at the National Institute for Reproductive Health.

Paying Too High a Price? A Diagnosis for Over-the-Counter Contraception

Do you get tired of having to visit your doctor to get a prescription for birth control pills? Would your life be easier if you could just walk into a pharmacy, pick up a packet of pills, pay and walk out? Think about it: what would happen if instead of just paying a co-pay for your pills or obtaining the pills for free through your public health insurance program, you had to pay for the full price of the drug?