US EditionPA lawmakers seek to preserve IVF access and expand coverage
- Pennsylvania lawmakers introduced bills in 2024 aiming to preserve access to IVF and require insurance coverage for fertility treatments across the state.
- These initiatives are a response to concerns stemming from a recent ruling by Alabama’s highest court in 2024, which granted embryos equal rights to children and led fertility clinics in that state to suspend IVF services to avoid potential criminal liability.
- The bills, introduced by Democrats Amanda Cappelletti and Lisa Boscola, would require most health insurance plans to cover fertility treatments such as IVF, insemination procedures, and the storage of reproductive materials like eggs, sperm, and embryos, ensuring no discrimination occurs based on gender identity or sexual orientation.
- A survey conducted in 2021 by the national infertility group RESOLVE found that nearly all employers who provided infertility treatment coverage did not see an increase in medical costs, though advocates highlight that IVF can cost over $20,000 per cycle and insurers have resisted related legislation.
- Currently, fertility care access in Pennsylvania remains stable, but the proposed legislation takes precautionary measures amid uncertain federal policies and seeks to tackle a healthcare concern impacting residents across the political spectrum.
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PA lawmakers seek to preserve IVF access and expand coverage
HARRISBURG — Several Pennsylvania lawmakers who have personally faced challenges conceiving children are pushing to require health insurers to cover fertility services, and to also enshrine the right to the care in state law. The effort comes as advocates nationwide raise concerns about access to reproductive care such as in vitro fertilization — or IVF — and abortion. Lawmakers and advocates told Spotlight PA they were particularly alarmed by a…
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