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Make IVF covered by all health insurance Companies in all States.
| Number | Date | Gender | State | Country | Do you suffer from infertility? | Include any links or information to help others with infertility. | Picture | Report |
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| 607 | 10:31 am PST, Dec 3 | Female | Ohio | United States | Yes and it is unethical that the State Of Ohio does not require for any infertilty to be covered by medical. There is something medically wrong and it is already depressing, stressful on a daily basis and puts a strain on your marriage and then to top if all off the financial burden. How can the legislative pick and choose what states can cover infertility? It is like playing GOD. How is that fair to women? Becuase depending on what state you live in determines what is covered by your medical coverage. Because I live in Ohio I may not ever become blessed with a baby because I can't afford IVF. We as Human Beings should not be denied the most blessed thing if life to reproduce a child. We were put on this earth and all dream of getting married and having children. So how can this be if the State of Ohio and many others does not cover infertility. It is so not right. I cry all the time and just think of how this could be in the world today of rights and opportunities that i have no right by my insurance company to try to have a baby. I have to scape together money to cover my meds, IUI's, ultra soulds and other testing and shots. I have to pick and choose if I can pay a bill or have a baby. Some times I just want to curl up and die. What is more important in life than having a baby. I am going to help get this law changed in all states for me and for future mothers. How can we be denied this right? How can my insurance make me feel that there is something wrong with me and they do not cover it. That is like saying that I have cancer and they won't help cure me. How can they play GOD? I heard that 1 in every 6 women have trouble conceiving. How about if they don't have any money to get anything done about their infertility? How is this justified? I just don't understand. Please help me and all the other woman that feel scorned and punished for having infertility problems. |  |
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| 606 | 1:51 pm PST, Nov 26 | Female | Virginia | United States | Yes, absolutely. Found out my insurance carriers at work (3 of them!) do not cover any services. Across the river in Maryland, it's a statutory requirement. I think this is just downright awful in this era of equality. Isn't male ED covered? Come on... | |
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| 605 | 12:33 pm PST, Nov 24 | Female | California | United States | yes I do. I have been dealing with it for more than 10 years now... | |
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| 604 | 3:30 pm PST, Nov 23 | Female | Michigan | United States | yes | |
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| 603 | 6:30 pm PST, Nov 21 | Female | Idaho | United States | yes, it is by far the worst thing my husband and I have ever gone through | |
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| 602 | 4:24 pm PST, Nov 18 | Female | Virginia | United States | YES | |
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| 601 | 8:18 am PST, Nov 12 | Female | New York | United States | yes | |
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| 600 | 4:53 pm PST, Nov 11 | Female | Tennessee | United States | Yes | |
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| 599 | 8:40 am PST, Nov 5 | Female | Texas | United States | Yes | |
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| 598 | 7:02 pm PST, Nov 4 | Female | Arizona | United States | Yes. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for 7 years. We even had 1 unsucsessful IVF procedure. We haven't been able to try again because it is so expensive. | |
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| 597 | 8:13 pm PDT, Oct 28 | Female | West Virginia | United States | Have been trying to conceive for five years. We had IUI first then moved on to an unsuccessful very expensive IVF cycle. We added a mortgage to our home just to pay for doctor's bills. | |
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| 596 | 12:16 pm PDT, Oct 27 | Female | Kansas | United States | Yes! | |
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| 595 | 8:30 am PDT, Oct 23 | Female | New York | United States | Yes | |
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| 594 | 12:37 pm PDT, Oct 20 | Female | Georgia | United States | YES, IVE BEEN TRYING FOR 3 YEARS AN CANT GET HELP BECAUSES MY INSURANCE POLICY DOESNT COVER INFERTILITY!! |  |
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| 593 | 5:34 pm PDT, Oct 16 | Male | Virginia | United States | Yes | |
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| 592 | 7:43 pm PDT, Oct 15 | Female | South Carolina | United States | Yes | |
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| 591 | 6:16 pm PDT, Oct 13 | Female | California | United States | yes.my only hope is ivf | |
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| 590 | 8:17 am PDT, Sep 29 | Female | Minnesota | United States | Infertility due to Endometriosis and PCOS. | |
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| 589 | 5:04 pm PDT, Sep 28 | Female | Michigan | United States | I suffer from infertility caused by Endometriosis. | |
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| 588 | 8:06 am PDT, Sep 25 | Female | Louisiana | United States | yes | www.ovusoft.com |  |
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| 587 | 1:28 pm PDT, Sep 24 | Female | Texas | United States | yes |  |
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| 586 | 6:25 pm PDT, Sep 21 | Female | Wisconsin | United States | I did in the past. It was a vrey difficult time in my life. The cost involved was a huge obstacle in itself. | |
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| 585 | 7:04 am PDT, Sep 19 | Male | Wisconsin | United States | No | |
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| 584 | 6:46 am PDT, Sep 19 | Female | Wisconsin | United States | no, but i was told by two different dr's that i pretty much did, and have a very small chance of ever having children. i do now have a daughter but it wasn't easy. | |
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| 583 | 6:46 am PDT, Sep 19 | Female | Wisconsin | United States | I do not suffer myself, but I have several friends and family members that do... | |
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| 582 | 6:43 am PDT, Sep 19 | Female | Wisconsin | United States | I do not suffer from infertility but my sister and my cousin both have problems. I wish they could enjoy having children of there own. | |
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| 581 | 8:37 pm PDT, Sep 18 | Female | Wisconsin | United States | I have PCOS Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and have been trying to have a child for over 10 years now. My husband and I like many others would love to have even just one child but, the cost of IVF and all that is entailed in it is so expensive. I too get frustrated when I see or hear about other women getting pregnant easily and really don't have any idea of how blessed they are. I do think that this is a very important issue and hope something can be done about it sooner than later. I would love to be blessed with a child however, my age is also a factor. So, Please seriously consider making IVF covered by all health insurance companies in all states. I know that it would be a wonderful thing for me and many other women desperately trying to have a child. Sincerely, Lisa | |
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| 580 | 8:14 pm PDT, Sep 18 | Female | Texas | United States | no | |
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| 579 | 2:59 pm PDT, Sep 10 | Female | Illinois | United States | Yes; IVF w/ICSI is our only option. | |
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| 578 | 7:38 pm PDT, Aug 29 | Female | New Hampshire | United States | yes,it's a medical condition | |
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| 577 | 2:11 am PDT, Aug 17 | Female | California | United States | Yes | |
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| 576 | 10:32 am PDT, Aug 16 | Male | Kentucky | United States | Yes, as do 10% of all Americans. It's absurd for this to not be a covered condition. | |
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| 575 | 6:59 pm PDT, Aug 9 | Female | South Carolina | United States | Yes antibodies attached to my husbands sperm | |
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| 574 | 4:23 pm PDT, Aug 5 | Female | New York | United States | yes, my husband has very low sperm count | |
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| 573 | 5:38 pm PDT, Jul 20 | Female | South Carolina | United States | yes | |
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| 572 | 12:32 pm PDT, Jul 18 | Female | Pennsylvania | United States | I was told I had unexplained infertility. I am 37 and we have been trying for over a year with medicines and 3 IUI's out of our pockets( can't afford to, but we want a child desperately) and cannot get pregnant. We have government insurance and pay a pretty penny for it and I think it should cover infertility treatments it's not right. My husband and I can't afford Invetro. | |
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| 571 | 6:28 pm PDT, Jul 14 | Female | Texas | United States | i'm 23 years old and had no chose but to have my fallopian tubes removed, me and my husband want a baby so bad but we are realizing that dream will never come true we just can't afford it without losing everything we have worked so hard for. | |
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| 570 | 6:09 am PDT, Jul 10 | Female | North Carolina | United States | yes | |
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| 569 | 2:09 pm PDT, Jul 9 | Female | Tennessee | United States | Yes, I do and I don't think it's fare for me to pay an expensive health insurance bill every month but rarley visit the doctor. But just when I want to put my high priced health insurace to some use, like getting(IVF), I was told that my insurance does'nt cover infertility treatments. I just feel like if I pay my high priced health insurance company money every month then I should be able to use it for any procedures that I want done to my body. It seems like the more you pay the less they do. | |
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| 568 | 7:39 am PDT, Jul 7 | Female | New York | United States | yes | |
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| 567 | 3:49 am PDT, Jul 7 | Female | California | United States | yes |  |
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| 566 | 12:52 am PDT, Jul 3 | Female | California | United States | yes | |
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| 565 | 9:33 am PDT, Jun 30 | Female | Kansas | United States | yes. I have struggled with infertility for years and it is a heartbreaking position to be in, but to have the insurance companies refuse to pay for treatment adds insult to injury. The ADA defines infertility as a disease of the reproductive system. How can insurance companies not cover treatment? | |
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| 564 | 9:08 am PDT, Jun 30 | Female | Missouri | United States | NO | |
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| 563 | 1:47 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Female | Kentucky | United States | I am currently TTC #2 for over a year with no luck. Recently diagnosed with endometriosis. | |
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| 562 | 6:46 am PDT, Jun 24 | Female | Missouri | United States | NO | |
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| 561 | 6:05 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Female | New Jersey | United States | yes | |
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| 560 | 4:53 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Female | Florida | United States | Yes | |
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| 559 | 1:28 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Female | North Carolina | United States | no | |
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| 558 | 9:02 am PDT, Jun 23 | Female | North Carolina | United States | yes | |
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| 557 | 7:27 am PDT, Jun 23 | Female | North Carolina | United States | no | |
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| 556 | 6:01 am PDT, Jun 23 | Male | North Carolina | United States | No | |
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| 555 | 6:00 am PDT, Jun 23 | Female | North Carolina | United States | No | |
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| 554 | 4:44 am PDT, Jun 23 | Female | North Carolina | United States | No, but I have friends that are struggling with it. This would help them have a family of their own. I really don't see why some infertility procedures would be covered and others not. Seems it would be most economical for the insurance to pay once for a procedure that most likely would work then to continue to pay for a 'covered' procedure that doesn't work. | |
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| 553 | 7:49 pm PDT, Jun 22 | Female | North Carolina | United States | Yes, for 4 years. My RE says that IVF with ICSI is our best hope in conceiving a child of our own. But we have been trying everything else that we can think of before heading down that path because our insurance will not aid in that process at all. We are wasting our time, money, and the insurance on procedures that aren't getting us anywhere, when if our insurance would cover IVF, we could have been parents already back in 2005 when we were first told that IVF was what we needed. | |
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| 552 | 8:21 am PDT, Jun 20 | Female | North Carolina | United States | yes | |
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| 551 | 12:26 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Female | Vermont | United States | Yes, my husband and I cannot conceive a child and we cannot afford IVF. We cannot afford the treatments, which we have been told are in the thousands of dollars. We are both educators and would provide a loving home for our child. | |
Make IVF covered by all health insurance Companies in all States
There are people out there popping kids out left and right that never wanted them in the first place. People... or should I say ANIMALS that are getting pregnant, having abortions or leaving them to die.
Then there are people out there, like me, who struggle just to have a family of there own. There are others out there like myself that have a disease called Endometriosis or any other infertility problem that struggle to have children of there own.
I feel that insurance companies should help in paying for IVF and other treatments to those who are struggling. IVF is so exspensive there for there are couples who wont do it. Myself, along with others, are not financally set or are but could never afford something like this with out help. I refuse to get a hystorectomy and will forever keep trying for a child. My treatments are costing the health insurance company. If they would just pay for the IVF then it wouldn't be costing them so much for everything else the doctores are putting me through to help me become preganent in other ways. It has been over 7 years now and I have had 9 surgeries along with many other treatments and medication.
THINK ABOUT IT!
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