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How to Get Infertility Insurance Wherever You Live
- Find coverage in every state - supplemental maternity insurance
- Learn the laws in where you live - odds are best in a mandate state
- Know employer headquarters - most laws apply to employer plans
- Switch employers - find local jobs that provide infertility insurance
IVF Refund Programs Many couples will not find coverage that pays for infertility or IVF directly. Many clinics offer refund programs to couples without insurance coverage or those who have exhausted benefits. Find several hidden advantages that many couples overlook: tax savings and a way to make a smart bet.
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Self Pay Infertility Costs Finding coverage for infertility is very tricky. Plans that leave couples without extra expenses are extremely rare - if you can even get a policy. Knowing your costs of various treatments and how to leverage the tax code to maximize savings becomes plan b.
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Coverage Available in Every State
Supplemental maternity insurance is available wherever you live - regardless of any mandate requiring direct payment for infertility treatment. Provided you purchase coverage before getting pregnant, your normal labor and delivery may be a covered benefit. The benefit for normal delivery may be several multiples of what you pay in premium.
These plans provide coverage for the most risky part of any infertility treatment - getting pregnant.
When you get pregnant often your costs are just beginning. There may be lost income during mom's maternity leave, or there may be left over medical bills for a hospital stay. Don't lose sight of your objective. Plan for good things to happen and get a nice payoff when they do. Get extra security just in case your pregnancy encounters difficulties.
These plans also provide a bonus payment for a second risky side effect of infertility treatments: multiple pregnancies delivered prematurely.
Infertility Insurance Laws Where You Live
Three states mandate plans in the individual market: Connecticut, Hawaii, and Rhode Island. But some laws apply only to plans providing maternity coverage, which many do not. You will also need to know the maternity insurance laws.
Most mandates apply to group coverage. If your employer is headquartered in your home state then these rules might apply, unless they fall into a loophole:
- Many laws limit the mandate to employer groups by employee size
- Companies that self insure are not subject to the mandates
- Religious organizations are often exempt
Look at Where Employers are Headquartered
Most infertility insurance laws govern insurance plans issued in that state. For group products, the location of the employer’s headquarters, or situs, dictates which insurance regulations apply – not the resident state of each insured, as is the case with individual insurance. For example, if the employer is sitused in New York, those insurance regulations will apply to employees who live in New Jersey, as well as those that live in New York.
Pay attention to where your employer is headquartered and the laws in that state. Make sure you investigate the laws pertaining to both spouse's employer.
Several states with infertility mandates have a large amount of corporate headquarters that may be subject to the laws and export those benefits to employees across the U.S.A. Those are California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Texas.
On the flipside you may live in a state with a mandate, but work for an employer headquartered in a non-mandate state. Hopefully that does not describe your situation as you probably won't have infertility coverage in your employer plan.
Before Getting Pregnant - Do These 2 Things! If you are looking for infertility coverage remember your objective: to get pregnant and bring home a baby. Once you have conceived it will be too late to buy the right type of health coverage for your pregnancy. Many couples overlook this key concept. Also, knowing how the tax code works is important to reduce your costs of infertility, pregnancy, and childcare.
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Finding Local Employers with Infertility Benefits
Because most laws apply to employers headquartered in a certain state, the branch office employees of these employers benefit from the home state rules. You might consider looking for a new job: at a branch location of a company subject to an infertility mandate.
If one spouse has career flexibility, changing employers may make sense. The average cost of an IVF cycle is about $12,000, and on average it takes three cycles to conceive. An employer that offers IVF insurance coverage may pay significantly better than one that does not.
But how do you find these employers? Look at the mall! Most large retailers are headquartered in mandate states, and employ workers in all 50 states in multiple locations. Be creative!
