Determined by the type of health insurance you are enrolled in, may be the country in this regard has no specific reimbursement program, IVF technology is not a therapeutic technology, the country's health insurance system may not have been involved.
Generally, the cost of doing the examination can be reported by the medical insurance, but the cost of IVF, in general, will not not be reported. Relevant information shows that at present, all the costs of treatment of infertility in China are not covered by medical insurance, the cost of IVF is no exception, the need for patients to pay out-of-pocket, but it is worth noting that the patient, although the cost of IVF can not be reimbursed, but most of the tests can be used inside the money of the medical insurance card,
In vitro fertilization can not be reimbursed mainly because IVF is not part of the disease treatment The main reason why IVF cannot be reimbursed is because it is not a disease treatment, but a modern artificial fertilization technique, so it is not covered by the health insurance.
Extended information:
In vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF) is a technique commonly known as in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IFT), which is an artificial method of fertilization of eggs and sperm in vitro. Sperm fertilization outside the body, and early embryonic development, and then transferred to the mother's uterus development and birth of the baby. Initially researched by British obstetrician Patrick Steptoe and physiologist Robert Edwards, the technology caused a sensation in the world scientific community. 1978 July 25, the world's first test tube baby was born in the United Kingdom. 2011 November 27, Shanghai's first case of "third-generation test tube babies" was born; In December, a wealthy businessman in Guangzhou gave birth to octuplets with the help of IVF technology.
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