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...have to make the choice between paying for birth control and paying for textbooks. This may well become the case, however, as many of the three million female college students nationwide who regularly use oral contraceptives have seen their pills’ cost skyrocket. For cash-strapped students, this price increase amounts to a serious burden, one that makes it substantially more difficult for them to afford necessary contraception and is therefore a hindrance to practicing safe sex. The rise in prices is the result of a national law that recently went into effect: the 2005 Deficit Reduction...
...local supermarkets. Today, with the help of new partner Michael Gravina, he has expanded, selling some chilies direct to Tabasco and experimenting with his own recipes to produce four flavors, Baobab Gold, Zambezi Red, Mozambique Masala and Zanzibar Spice, in sauces and spice grinders. Ten percent of the price of all his products goes back to the Trust to buy seedlings and train more farmers and game wardens in chili deterrents...
...will continue to be able to afford the medication. Up until last year, federal law enabled pharmaceutical companies to supply prescription contraceptives to university health centers and low-income community clinics at sharply discounted rates. These savings were conveyed to students and others in the form of lower contraceptive prices. But a 2005 federal law eliminated such discounts by forcing drug manufacturers to pay higher fees to include these medicines under Medicaid, the government-subsidized health plan. In anticipation of the price hike, many institutions, including Harvard, purchased the cheaper contraceptives in excess, enabling them to offer lower prices throughout...
...thanks to reforms allowing private enterprise. Often as not, a newly moneyed family's first major purchase was a shiny Honda Dream. Fifteen years ago, the country had only 500,000 motorbikes; today, there are 22 million. But Vietnam's love affair with the motorbike has come with a price: besides the death toll, the non-profit Asia Injury Prevention Foundation reports, a further 23,000 riders each year suffer debilitating brain damage from injuries that could have been prevented by helmets...
...Huynh Long, chief administrator of the National Traffic Safety Committee. Thousands of extra police will be dispatched nationwide to pull over bare-headed drivers, issuing steep fines of up to 200,000 dong (about $15) - about a quarter of the average monthly wage and, significantly, also the average price of a helmet. To underline its "No Excuses" message, the government has also launched a massive TV ad campaign featuring gruesome images of head-trauma victims...