WASHINGTON – President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday instructing his administration to find ways to cut high costs In vitro fertilizationor IVF, for Americans suffering from fertility.
At an event at Mar-a-Lago, White House secretary Will Scharf told reporters that the order told the National Policy Council that “IVF and other fertile treatments are more affordable for more Americans.” “We’ll do that.” The order requires the Council to make policy recommendations within 90 days to protect access to IVFs and reduce the costs of treatment “actively”;
“These are treatments that are uncontrollable for many Americans, or uncontrollable for many Americans,” Scharf said.
Health insurance companies don’t currently need to cover IVF treatments that can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
The executive order is the Trump administration’s policy of “ensure reliable access to IVF treatments, including dramatically making IVF treatments more affordable to alleviate IVF treatments or regulatory burdens.” He said.
Mr Trump I swear The 2024 campaign will cover either the government or the insurance company if treatment is re-elected.
“Your government will be required to pay, or insurers will be required to pay all expenses related to IVF treatment,” Trump said in August 2024.
A few weeks after Trump made his pledge, Senate Republicans It’s blocked Laws that protect access to IVF and make infertility treatments more affordable. Republicans said the law was too broad and only two GOP senators support it by Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Markowski of Alaska.
“Republicans support the IVF and are completely suspended,” said Sen. John Toon, a South Dakota Sen., who was in a minority at the time, but then Democrats tried to create political issues. It is an attempt to do so. One.
The issue of access to fertility treatments became a political flashpoint last February Alabama Supreme Court It was determined that frozen embryos are considered children under state law. The verdict caused a stir, clearing the path to potentially illegal death claims if the embryos couldn’t withstand the process and some providers suspend IVF treatment. After the verdict, Trump called on the Alabama legislature to “quickly find an immediate solution to maintain IVF availability” within the state.
