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’s surprising pledge this week to have the government pay for fertility treatments or mandate that insurance cover them for American families shouldn’t be taken seriously,“Making vague promises about insurance coverage does not stop a single extremist judge or state legislature from banning IVF,” she added, advocating for federal legislation protecting access to the treatment.
The idea of having the government cover the costs of in vitro fertilization ― which can run patients tens of thousands of dollars ― isn’t new. Democrats in both the House and Senate have introduced legislation on the subject for years, dating back to at least 2018 when Trump was president. They never had any Republican support.blocked a package of bills expanding access to IVF after a legal ruling in Alabama briefly halted all IVF services in the state.in that package, authored by Rep.
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