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Health Insurance for Fertility Treatments

Submitted by: trent on Jan 9, 2011 - (Last updated: Jul 11, 2011)

 

 Some information on fertility insurance

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More Pregnant Women Dying in CA, Says Study - MotherJones.com - April 27, 2011
  • "Only 22% of people with health insurance in California (the report says) have coverage for maternity services: In 2004, 82% of them did"
Law, Insurance behind Curve of 'Gaybie' Boom - Womens News
  • "The whole fertility system is hetero-based"
Lesbian Parents and Insurance for Fertility Treatments - Rainbow Babies "Overall, only about a quarter of employer-sponsored health plans cover fertility treatments."

"And in most of these cases, you can only be diagnosed as infertile if you have been having unprotected intercourse for a specified period of time, usually a year. Of course, this definition of fertility automatically excludes lesbians, rendering the required fertility insurance in these states virtually worthless for a lesbian mother."
 Medicare Bound to Bust as First Boomers Hit 65 - CBS "10,000 Will Reach Eligibility for Program Every Day for 19 Years, Risking Its Bankruptcy by 2017"
 Obamacare's baby death panels, Part 1 - Chuck Norris the actor "federal funds were, in fact, being funneled to provide for abortive services in Pennsylvania and New Mexico"
Will Fertility Services Be Covered by My Insurance?  - Human Rights Campaign  If you feel comfortable, you can also ask whether the policy covers insemination for lesbian couples

Cal. Health & Safety Code
Section 1374.55
Cal. Insurance Code
Section 10119.6 -
FertilityLifeLines.com
  • Employers may choose whether or not to include infertility coverage as part of their employee health benefit package
  • Infertility means the presence of a demonstrated condition recognized by a physicians and surgeon as a cause of infertility or the inability to conceive a pregnancy or carry a pregnancy to a live birth after a year or more of regular sexual relations without
Settlement reached in case of lesbian denied infertility treatment by Christian Fundamentalist doctors - Proudparenting.com
 		 California Supreme Court rules in favor of lesbian mom denied infertility treatment by Christian fundamentalist doctors
Health Spending in 2009 Edges Up 4%, Consumes Record Share of GDP - WSJ 06-Jan-2011 "health spending totaled 17.6% of GDP in 2009. ...the biggest seen since these figures started being tracked in 1960."
Even the CIA Doesn't Trust Your Health Care - 09-Dec-2010 "US now ranks 49th in the world in average lifespan"

  

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