by Washington – President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that dedicates his administration to find ways to lower the high costs of in vitro fertilizationOr IVF, for Americans who struggle with fertility.
During an event in Mar-A-Lago, the White House personnel secretary told Will Scharf reporters that the order instructs the Interior Policy Council “to make IVF and other fertility treatments more affordable for more Americans.” The order requires that the council will do policy recommendations within 90 days to protect access to IVF and to reduce the costs for the treatment “aggressively”.
“These are treatments that have become priceless for many Americans or have been priceless for many Americans,” Scharf said.
Health insurance companies are currently not obliged to cover IVF treatments that can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
The executive order said it is the policy of the Trump administration to “ensure reliable access to IVF treatment, including by relieving unnecessary legal or regulatory costs to make IVF treatment drastically more affordable.”
Mr. Trump sworn During the 2024 campaign, the treatments would be covered by the government or insurance companies if he was re -elected.
“Your government will pay or your insurance company will be instructed to pay for all costs related to IVF treatment,” said Mr Trump in August 2024.
Weeks after Mr Trump had made the promise, Senate Republicans blocked Legislation that would have protected access to IVF and made fertility treatments more affordable. Republicans said that the legislation was too wide and only two Gop -Senators – Susan Collins van Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska – supported it.
“Republicans support IVF, full stop,” said Senate majority leader John Thune of South Dakota, who at the time was the minority, the mood and attempt of Democrats to try to create a political issue where that is not one. “
The issue of access to fertility treatments was a political flash point last February after the Alabama Supreme Court It ruled that frozen embryos were considered children according to the Studies Act. The ruling caused a commotion and knew the way for potential unlawful death claims if an embryo did not survive the process, so that various providers IVF treatments pause. After the ruling, Mr Trump called on Alabama’s legislative power to “quickly find an immediate solution to maintain the availability of IVF in the state.
