The mandation of insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization.
For many infertile couples, in vitro fertilization represents a last hope; yet few couples can afford this expensive procedure, which health insurers do not routinely cover. To force health insurers to pay for in vitro fertilization, infertile couples have successfully lobbied in six state legislatures for "mandation" legislation, which will force insurers to pay for the procedure. This paper discusses the legislative battlefield for in vitro fertilization mandation and the long-term implications of such victories.
Retsinas
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Rhode Island Health Policy & Planning Consortium, Providence 02906.
D001675:Bioethics; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011057:Politics; D013219:State Government; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States