Rush was illustrating the absurdity of her claim birth control pills cost $3000 by being absurd himself. He apologized for taking it too far.
She never said birth control pills cost $3,000 a year, though, did she? Rush may be the one who said $3,000 a year. The activist Fluke said that a woman could spent over $3,000 on contraceptives during law school if the contraceptives were prescription and they weren't covered by health insurance. Law school is three years. That means Fluke said a woman could spend over $1,000 a year. And that's true, particularly in the cases Fluke talked about - which sounded like a specific contraceptive prescribed for a woman who had a specific medical problem.