Invitrofertilization is expensive, how can we afford this?
read on an Illinois government website that in Illinois, insurances have to pay for infertility treatment as long as they have 25 or more employees? Does anyone know anything about this or where I can find more out? Before I found the website, my insurance Company, Blue Cross, said they do not cover an infertility treatment. I am confused?
This is what I found:
“Illinois law requires group insurance plans and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to provide coverage for infertility. Here are the basic facts about the law.”
To get coverage you must:
“live in Illinois
be covered by a fully insured Illinois group policy through an employer with more than 25 full-time employees
have been unable to conceive after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse between a male and female or have been unable to sustain a successful pregnancy”
http://www.dfpr.state.il.us/DOI/HealthInsurance/infertility.asp
There are some caveats:
What is not covered:
“costs for procedures which violate the religious and moral teachings or beliefs of the insurance company or covered group”
“costs of preserving and storing sperm, eggs and embryos”
In Vitro Fertilization IVF
Superior A.R.T. is an infertility treatment center with recognized expertise specializing in a method to diagnose embryos with chromosomal and single genes disorders in order to provide solutions for couples with infertility and repeated miscarriage or those who gave birth to children with inherit disease, such as beta thalassemia or genetic abnormality like Robertsonian translocation. In the old days, as there was no treatment to the problems, the couples had to take all the risk of getting pregnant and repeated miscarriage. But today, thanks to the isted Reproduction Technology, Superior A.R.T. is capable of helping couples to get through such problems.
Why Superior A.R.T? Thats because at Superior A.R.T., we have available the expertise and advanced technology to diagnose genetic health of the embryos and select those without any genetic diseases to be transferred to the uterus.
There was a case of a couple who experienced problems of repeated miscarriage due to genetic abnormality of Robertsonian translocation. They received IVF treatment and PGD in which genetic material from the embryos is tested to see if they carry the genetic disease. Then only embryos not affected by the disease are transferred to the mothers womb. At the end, they achieved a pregnancy and gave birth to very healthy twin girls.
www.thaisuperiorart.com
Expert Response: In-Vitro Fertilization
Emory’s Dr. Sarah Berga gives background on IVF.
Related Links
Patient Story: In-Vitro Fertilization
Emory Reproductive Center
http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments/ivf/
Dr. Sarah Berga
http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/find_physician/physician_detail.jsp?physicianid=11493
Patient Information
Patient Information: Patients wishing to schedule an appointment or seeking further information on Emory Healthcare services, please call Emory Health Connection at 404-778-7777 or 1-800-75-EMORY, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. EST (M-F). Emory Healthcare on the web: http://www.emoryhealthcare.org.
Patient Story: In-Vitro Fertilization
A woman named Melissa talks about fulfilling her dream of having a family, after underground In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatment.
Related Links
Expert Response: In-Vitro Fertilization
Emory Reproductive Center
http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments/ivf/
Patient Information
Patient Information: Patients wishing to schedule an appointment or seeking further information on Emory Healthcare services, please call Emory Health Connection at 404-778-7777 or 1-800-75-EMORY, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. EST (M-F). Emory Healthcare on the web: http://www.emoryhealthcare.org.
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Newbaby.com: Dr. David Hoffman: In Vitro Fertilization
Dr. David Hoffman talks to NewBaby.com about in vitro fertilization.
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