- Target:
- School District of Palm Beach County
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.resolve.org
Infertility is NOT an inconvenience; it is a disease of the reproductive system that impairs the body's ability to perform the basic function of reproduction.
Impaired fecundity (the inability have a child) affects at least 6.7 million women in the U.S. -- (Source: National Survey of Family Growth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2006-2010).
In states with mandated infertility insurance, the rate of multiple births is lower than in states without coverage. (New England Journal of Medicine, “Insurance Coverage and Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization,” August 2002). Couples with insurance coverage are free to make more appropriate decisions with their physicians based on medical necessity rather than financial considerations which often result in multiple births and a high rate of complications during and post-pregnancy.
The cost of infertility services as a percent of the total health premiums went down after the 1987 Massachusetts mandate. (Study by Griffin and Panak, Fertility & Sterility, 1998).
The School District of Palm Beach County has ZERO coverage for infertility treatments. This is unacceptable.
The option to seek treatment should be affordable and not cause a family to suffer financial hardships.
So many couples suffer from depression due to infertility, leading to loss of jobs, friendships and even marriages.
With your signature we can make parenthood a "Probability" and not a "Possibility".
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The Petition for Insurance Benefits to include Infertility Treatment petition to School District of Palm Beach County was written by Rachel Uffer and is in the category Health at GoPetition.