EXCLUSIVE – Anti-abortion groups are attempting to sway the Trump administration away from mandating health insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, by emphasizing the “Make America Healthy Again” principle of addressing infertility as a chronic disease.
President Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “fertilization president,” issued an executive order in February to start the process of addressing increasing infertility rates and lowering the $60,000 price tag for IVF and other artificial reproductive technologies. Insiders expect Trump to issue another executive order on IVF within the next few weeks, possibly in the form of an Obamacare-style mandate for insurers to cover the procedure.
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