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Free Viagra but no birth control? Here's how that works out economically

A blister-pack of birth control pills displayed at a private home in Nice January 3, 2013.

55 million American women risk losing access to family planning. The consequences will affect an entire nation Image: REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Stéphanie Thomson
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 Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, far fewer women in the US had to pay out of pocket for the pill
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, far fewer women in the US had to fund their own family planning Image: Kaiser Family Foundation
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