INSURANCE

A lot of people do not realize that some states mandate insurance for infertility.

I actually worked in Pennsylvania and was able to change the location of my job to get the coverage. I now work in NJ and my IVFs and Med's are now covered.

Just wanted to share in case anyone didn't know.

New Jersey - Mandates insurance carriers that provide pregnancy–related benefits to cover comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including assisted reproductive technology procedures, but limits attempts to four complete oocyte (egg) retrievals per lifetime. Insurance carriers are not required to provide this benefit to businesses (group policies) of 50 or fewer employees.

Below is the website regarding states that mandate this insurance.

http://www.fertilitylifelines.com/paying/insurance/statemandate.jsp

Re: INSURANCE

Thanks for sharing. I did some extensive research a few months ago about mandates. My DH and I recently moved from NY to TX. But, as it turns out, we may move back to live in NJ because of their mandates. Had I known about our IF sooner, we would of stayed in the NE!