CompEd2009xL:Jennifer Delamide.towards World population!
Some 43 countries have populations that are stable or declining slowly. A large group of countries has reduced fertility to the replacement level or just below. They are headed for population stability after young people move through their reproductive years. Included in this group are China and the United States. A third group is projected to more than double their populations by 2050. UN projections show growth under three assumptions about fertility levels. The medium projection has world population reaching 9.2 billion by 2050. The high one 10.8 billion. The low projection, which assumes fertility to 1.6 children has population peaking at just under 8 billion in 2041 and then declining. If the goal is to eradicate poverty, hunger, and illiteracy, we have little choice but to strive for the lower projection.
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Prices for oral contraceptives are doubling and tripling at student health centers, the result of a change in the Medicaid rebate law that ends an incentive for drug companies to provide discounts to colleges.
Women are paying about $22 per month for prescriptions that cost $10 a few months ago. About 39% of undergraduate women use oral contraceptives. The discounts to colleges mean drug manufacturers have to pay more to participate in Medicaid and as a result fewer companies are willing to offer discounts.
