Slate.com has an article about infertility treatments and their lack of insurance coverage. Try to look past the stupid Slate title..."Pregnant Pause". Oh, they're just sooooo clever. (I have a MAJOR pet peeve with Slate's too-cool-for-school titles!) We have Nadya Suleman to thank for this article btw. (Incidentally, IM has informed me that the success "rates" in the Slate article are quite inflated and the best place to get numbers is from individual clinics and the Center for Disease Control ART numbers.)
Anyway, the main point is that full IVF insurance coverage is a GOOD idea! No shit. And once again, the damn Swedes have taken the lead! Yeah, Sweden! This brings me to the point where I encourage everybody going through any form of IF to become a member of RESOLVE. They are the National Infertility Association (why not NIA?...I like RESOLVE better anyway) and serve as our lobbyists and we NEED their help. They also have a relatively nice newsletter, organize conferences, help coordinate support groups, and organize lobbying efforts up on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. IM and I have participated in ALL of those god-damned activities since we've been doing this for so long....it was all worth it btw :)
I also put RESOLVE up on the "big board" on the left under the IF Links!
edit: btw, do NOT read the comments to the Slate.com article unless you are prepared. People are (1) insensitive, (2) unempathetic, (3) plain stupid, (4) fucking assholes,...you get the idea. I hate people and their effing opinions :) Oh, sweet irony.
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