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Archive for the ‘legislation’ Category

January 28th, 2008

Is Your Health Insurance Supposed to Cover Fertility?

If you live in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island or Texas – that answer is yes, at least some of it, as least some types of treatments.
If you live in Virginia or Pennsylvania, there is legislation proposed that would mandate some form of infertility […]

By Gabrielle -- 4 comments

December 13th, 2007

Ten Ways to Celebrate (and Help) This Holiday

There’s nothing I hate more than returning gifts.
Last year, I tried to do almost all of my holiday shopping online, which was a tremendous success, until things didn’t fit and I had to shell out for shipping to get it right. This year, I am going to try to embrace the idea of the evergreen […]

By Gabrielle -- 10 comments

December 10th, 2007

Perception Matters

My colleague Kristina Chew at Autism Vox also encountered an ad campaign this week that she feels sets society backwards in the name of “awareness.” The NYU Child Center’s “Ransom Notes” public awareness campaign could do real and immediate harm to how autistic children are perceived and treated in America. Kristina writes:
How we talk about […]

By Gabrielle -- 1 comment

November 6th, 2007

National Infertility Awareness Week - Advocacy Day

In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, Resolve has created a list of ways you can get active each day. Today is a virtual advocacy day.
Here are just a few suggestions on how to expand infertility awareness:

Write your Congressperson and tell them you support the Family Building Act of 2007 which would extend insurance […]

By Gabrielle -- 0 comments

October 22nd, 2007

Financial Assistance for Fertility Treatments

One of my first posts here at Fertility Notes was on the Family Building Act of 2007, legislation which would require the 90% of private insurance companies that don’t currently cover fertility treatments to do so.
If you aren’t among the lucky customers of the other 10%, there are places you can go to apply for […]

By Gabrielle -- 5 comments

September 15th, 2007

Family-Friendly Legislation

In addition to being a strain on marriages and sanity, infertility places an enormous financial burden on individuals and couples who are trying to conceive. Average costs of one cycle of in vitro fertilization are around $10,000, while using third party reproductive techniques such as egg donation can easily reach into the $30,000 range – […]

By Gabrielle -- 1 comment