Washington – On the campaign mark, Donald Trump made a pledge: under his leadership, in vitro fertilization will be treated for all women and joints. “We are going to pay for that treatment,” that Said in an interview In August 2024.
After assuming office, President Trump Signed an executive order To direct your domestic policy to make recommendations on IVF policy change by May. But this time limit has come and gone, and the White House has said very little about the issue. Advocates of better IVF coverage are wondering what the holdup is.
Mr. Trump, who has called himself a “father of IVF” and claimed to be a leader, IVF “, NBC News said during the 2024 interview that IVF will be covered for all those who need it.
“Under the Trump Administration, we are going to pay for that treatment,” then a candidate Mr. Trump said. “We are going to pay for that treatment, or we are going to tell that the insurance company pays,” he said.
Mr. Trump’s executive OrderSigned in February, decreased by the pledge of its campaign, stating that this administration would be “to ensure reliable access to IVF treatment, including reducing unnecessary statutory or regulatory burden to make IVF treatment more cheap.”
He directed the White House Domestic Policy Council to present his assistant within 90 days “recommendations to protect IVF access and reduce the cost of out-of-packets and health plan aggressively for IVF treatment.”
This time limit would have fallen on May 19. Said for an update, the White House refused to comment.
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Christina Gonzalas and her companions who live in the city of New York have been battling infertility for almost three years. Gonzalase, which creates expedition advertisements for Democrats, is a part of a support group for women passing through IVF for women above 40. Women represent diverse political and ideological backgrounds, including liberals and those who support Sri Trump. When the then candidate Trump said the IVF would be covered, Gonzalas said that some “fully and wholeheartedly believe in his group” that he would free coverage.
“They deserve that promise,” said Gonzalas.
“This struggle of IVF is Nonpartison,” he said. “It affects everyone.”
In February, A Washington Post Interview Along with the trump supporter and federal activist Ryligh Cooper went viral. She said that she did not want to vote for Mr. Trump, but she promised to free IVF. After reading the fact sheet from Mr. Trump’s working order of February, he told The Post that he said, “This is a bullsh **.”
IVF There is a reproductive treatment It has widespread support; In 2023, more than 95,000 infants were born as a result of IVF – about 2.6% of all births in the US – according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
According to March 2024, the overwhelming majority of Americans – 86% – seems to have IVF legal. CBS News/YouGov Pol,
Daniel Malfi, the CEO of the non-profit resolution of infertility advocacy, said, “Eighty-six percent support the US IVF. It is unheard of any issue that you can think in modern times.”
According to April 2024 Pew Survey, 79% of Democrats and people who lend to Democratic reach IVF a good thing, as 63% Republican and those who bends Republicans. Even among Americans, who told Pew abortion that in most cases should be illegal, look at 60% IVF access positively.
And Mr. Trump has introduced other concepts including “baby bonus” for infants born in the US to help promote the US birth rate. The fertility rate in the US declined one all -time in 2024, with less than 1.6 children per woman born. New federal dataBonus is available to parents who open so-called Trump accountsWhich was introduced in a large scale of the President Domestic policy bill that he Signed in law Last month.
MELFI is optimistic about the issue that the issue has raised and the White House has recommended, among them, all fertile treatment health insurance coverage includes breeding coverage for veterans and military families, and covers breeding care for all federal employees.
The out-of-packet cost is the biggest obstacle to undergo IVF, MELFI said. Each cycle – and many pairs undergo several cycles – the cost between $ 12,000 and $ 25,000. Very few states require insurance companies to provide coverage for treatment, so most women and joints will have to pay from pockets for IVF rounds.
“Each state looks slightly different, which is why action at the federal level will be really meaningful,” MELFI said about the state laws controlling IVF’s insurance coverage.
IVF is one of many infertility treatments, and often the final – and the most expensive – steps women take to become pregnant.
In this process, a woman usually manages herself expensive shots every day to encourage the growth of several eggs simultaneously and goes to a reproductive clinic for ultrasound and blood work to monitor regular progress. The eggs are recovered, fertilized outside the body and ideally, they develop in healthy embryos that can later be implanted immediately or frozen for use.
Many consider it a tedious process – physical, emotional and economically.
In its first round of IVF, the leading Gonzalas was worried. What if he and his partner had to spend all this money, not only to result in pregnancy for the process?
“I don’t have enough money for this and I think there is a lot of pressure on my body – what if it does not perform?” He said.
For him, the end bonus of an unexpected year provided a way to pay. But otherwise, this was not possible.
“When you look at health insurance policies, almost none of them cover fertility,” Gonzalas said. “Even so -called progressive states.”
Nevertheless, IVF does not give any guarantee. Gonzalas has had to undergo four rounds of IVF, which has not had a child, and now, he and his partner are chasing other paths for paternity. IVF has eventually succeeded for other women in its IVF support group, and they feel that each person should have a chance to carry forward the process regardless of their financial conditions.
“I don’t regret it, I will definitely do all this again,” she said.
Gonzalas hopes that the President follows through his pledge to ensure that IVF is covered for those who want and need it.
“This would really be one of the most clever policies for them to do well on this promise,” she said.
