Family Building Act of 2005

My friend Dawn over at Family Found has written a remarkable post on fertility and insurance. No matter how much research I do on the topic, I couldn’t ever say it as well as she did. She has graciously allowed me to reprint it here.

Please

I am infertile and we have chosen adoption over extensive fertility treatments because of the cost. We currently do not have insurance coverage for fertility treatments and one round of IVF with no guarantee of a pregnancy or live birth can cost w/drugs up to $15,000–that is for one month–imagine having to do 3 or so rounds without any financial assistance. There is a bill that has been introduced called the Family Building Act of 2005 and is being rewritten for the new congress–as all bills not passed are thrown out when a new congress is sworn in. That seems like a lot of redundant work no wonder not much gets done in Washington if they have to keep rewriting and reintroducing legislature that didn’t make it through–but that is a topic for another post. Julie over at “A Little Bit Pregnant” has a more detailed post about this bill. Please read about it there.

Also if you want–I beg of you please–your can click here to visit Resolve and have a letter sent to your congressman. I would greatly appreciate your support–as would the 10% of all people who are infertile.

As I run through the people that I know in my head, every one of them has been touched by infertility, even if it is just through knowing me. Imagine how far reaching every infertile woman or man and their circles of community can go. I’m heading over to the Resolve site to put my click to work.

I remember long while ago speaking to a woman that was telling me that they had decided to limit their family to 2 children. Just because of the cost. They wanted more, but didn’t feel that they could parent as they wanted with more. If that couple had needed fertility treatments, I doubt that they would have had any children at all. We both agreed how sad it is that money has to play such a huge role in family size.

Related posts:

1. Does Insurance Cover Fertility Treatments?
2. How to Finance Fertility Treatments
3. Are Medications Included?
4. Creating Books, Creating Family
5. When Should You See a Fertility Specialist?

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