Taylor Carstarphen began using hormonal birth control to reduce the pain she experienced during heavy periods.
Cramps often made it hard for her to get out of bed, said Carstarphen, 21, a senior at Arizona State University in Tempe. In January, she visited a doctor who wrote a prescription for Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ Lutera, a daily birth control pill.
The Affordable Care Act promises patients with health insurance access to birth control…