NY passes IVF legislation!

[msmerymac]

Congrats to our NY ladies - effective January 1, IVF is included in NY's insurance mandate!


resolve.org/about-us/news-and-press-releases/resolve-praises-passage-of-ivf-fertility-preservation-insurance-reforms-in-ny-state-budget/

[vmars]

That’s awesome! All states need to get on board with this. I am so fortunate to live in a mandatory coverage state. I could not have done this without health insurance coverage.

[msmerymac]

Apr 1, 2019 15:25:09 GMT -5 vmars said:

That’s awesome! All states need to get on board with this. I am so fortunate to live in a mandatory coverage state. I could not have done this without health insurance coverage.

My first 4 were done under NJ insurance. Last year, between January and August, I had 3 egg retrievals (1 transfer) and used $78,000 worth of insurance.   I can tell you with full confidence that I would not be on my 5th IVF cycle if we didn't have that coverage. 

[vmars]

Apr 1, 2019 16:23:37 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Apr 1, 2019 15:25:09 GMT -5 vmars said:

That’s awesome! All states need to get on board with this. I am so fortunate to live in a mandatory coverage state. I could not have done this without health insurance coverage.

My first 4 were done under NJ insurance. Last year, between January and August, I had 3 egg retrievals (1 transfer) and used $78,000 worth of insurance.   I can tell you with full confidence that I would not be on my 5th IVF cycle if we didn't have that coverage. 

I am NJ too. This place has terrible taxes but good insurance lol.

[msmerymac]

Apr 1, 2019 16:35:19 GMT -5 vmars said:

Apr 1, 2019 16:23:37 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

My first 4 were done under NJ insurance. Last year, between January and August, I had 3 egg retrievals (1 transfer) and used $78,000 worth of insurance.   I can tell you with full confidence that I would not be on my 5th IVF cycle if we didn't have that coverage. 

I am NJ too. This place has terrible taxes but good insurance lol.

Thankfully I live on the PA side! The job I had insurance through was terribly toxic, but I learned a few valuable skills that I'm applying in my current job AND I got the insurance and COBRAed the crap out of it, so I guess the 1 hour commute was worth it. Plus everything else!

[Jalapeñomel]

I have IVF coverage in NY currently, but if they decrease my co-pay I *may* consider doing one more. big fat MAY though.

[lovelyshoes]

Well, private employers can still opt out as mine did, so unless the legislation covers that aspect of it a lot of people are still screwed. St least it’s a step in the right direction.

[red]

I moved out of NY last year. We had $10K lifetime benefits subject to 50% deductible with BCBS when we were there though. Luckily the lifetime reset when we switched from me to H as primary, so we did two cycles up North. Now in SC we happen to have United Healthcare and another $10K lifetime. Hoping our FETs work though.

[knx9211]

This is amazing! Congrats to our NY ladies who can benefit from this.

Here in your neighboring PA, luckily we had help for our 100% OOP 3 retrievals and four transfers. Since we were that lucky, I hope we're in a position one day to be able to sponsor someone's cycle. Fingers crossed.

[icedcoffee]

This is awesome!

My first cycle was in DC and OOP. It was so hard. Luckily for my second cycle I had insurance coverage in MD which is a mandated state. It definitely made an already difficult process a little less stressful (although insurance has it's own stressors).

I know there are a million ways for companies to get around this, but this is a great step in the right direction. I hope more states follow suit.

[King26]

Thats awesome for the NY ladies! I could not have done treatments without IF coverage.