Opill's manufacturer, Perrigo, said it wants to make the pill "accessible and affordable" and it's still unclear if it can be covered by insurance, although advocates are pushing for the feds to make no-cost coverage without a prescription a requirement for all over-the-counter contraceptives.

Private equity's role in health care provider markets is an ongoing and evolving challenge, and there are no signs that PE's interest in health care markets is waning, the study found.

"Amazon is asking patients to turn over a ton of personal data to use their services," Sen. Peter Welch told POLITICO in an email.

A Pfizer manufacturing facility in North Carolina, responsible for making 25% of the company's sterile injectable medicines for hospitals, sustained heavy tornado damage, potentially worsening an already deep drug shortage.