BODY: Cost of birth control triples for students

Birth control at some student health clinics and low-income health providers has as much as tripled in the last month. The price hike, sending a one packet of the popular Ortho-Tri-Cyclen from around $15 to $40, is due to the Defecit Reduction Act of 2005. The measure was signed into law last month and affects organizations who buy birth control through the 340B drug discount program. Student newspapers, including Univ. of Pennsylvannia, UT Austin, Purdue and Pitt, responded to the news. (CN)