The Family Building Act of 2009 part 2 high cost of infetility
If you think that this important piece of legislation will help you, then I encourage you to write your Senator and Representative and encourage them to vote for this bill. It is a long shot but it would help all of us cut down on the high costs of infertility treatment. There was an article about it in the Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602805.html
The Family Building Act of 2009 (H.R. 697, S. 1258) "takes an important first step toward improving the way insurers view infertility," but it is "not a silver bullet for improving the way [in vitro fertilization] treatments are conducted and covered," John Zhang, founder and director of the New Hope Fertility Center in New York City, writes in an opinion piece in The Hill. The bill, introduced by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) in the House and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in the Senate, would require health insurance companies that cover obstetrical services to cover non-experimental treatment of infertility, including IVF.
Re: The Family Building Act of 2009 part 2 high cost of infetility
Wow...what is wrong with some of those commenters? That put a damper on my day! @$$holes!
TTC Since 10/08 4 IUIs=BFNx4
IVF#1=BFP!! Twins!!
Bradley and Billy born and lost on 2/2/11 at 19w2d due to pPROM/PTL. I miss you, little angels.
IVF#2=BFN
IVF#3=c/p IVF#4=Empty Follicle Syndrome; 1 mature, fertilized, & made it to blast. 5dt of "the lone ranger" on 9/6. Please stick, little one!
Does anyone know how the legislation proposes to address the increased costs to insurers to cover IVF? I'm just wondering if mandating this coverage would cause insurers to increase permiums across the board for women of child-bearing age.
IMHO, you have to do what you believe in and I encourage you all to learn more about it. That is what I did when I first saw this Bill. There are arguments for both sides. Insurance companies are fighting this tooth and nail. But the whole school of thought behind it is that it will actually cut costs because it will help to regulate the birth of multiples through treatments that people will seek out anyways (mainly IVF). Births of mutiples increase health care due to the damage it can do to the woman and the problems with children from births with large numbers of multiples. It is based on research that says that IVF increases the cost of Health Care. A recent study in the journal Fertility and Sterility that supports this finding. Below are some other links to articles that talk about this.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155777.php
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154279.php