For lower-income people who are on Medicaid or whose employer health plan is skimpy, help for infertility seems unattainable.
Mary Delgado's first pregnancy went according to plan, but when she tried to get pregnant again seven years later, nothing happened. After 10 months, Delgado, now 34, and her partner, Joaquin Rodriguez, went to see an OB-GYN. Tests showed she had endometriosis, which was interfering with conception. Delgado's only option, the doctor said, was in vitro fertilization.'When she told me that, she broke me inside,' Delgado said, 'because I knew it was so expensive.
And since 2022, 46 states and the District of Columbia have elected to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months, up from 60 days.Fertility problems are relatively common, affecting roughly 10% of women and men of childbearing age, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.Traditionally, a couple is considered infertile if they've been trying to get pregnant unsuccessfully for 12 months.
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