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Steven brill has written for the new yorker, time, and the new york times magazine. There is a straight line between the pill and the changes in family structure we now see, says national organization for women now president terry oneill, with 22% of women earning more than their husbands. Times magazine article summary bitter pill essay bartleby. This, in turn, means that men and women become, quite simply, less interesting to one another. Beyond the pill promotes access and equity in contraceptive health care. A new york times notable book americas bitter pill is steven brills acclaimed book on how the affordable care act, or obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changingand failing to changethe rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. Economists and other social scientists have written extensively about the impact that contraception has had on modern sexual relationships. Politics world business tech health time health entertainment science newsfeed living sports history the time vault magazine ideas time labs. In practice, it usually contains highly inflated prices at several times that of. This well researched article written by steven brill is a must read.
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