Do you support IVF being covered under Medicare? Yes, hands up for that. It's a very exciting thing.
With the growing number of infertile people in recent years, there has been a strong call to include assisted reproductive technologies, including IVF, in medical insurance reimbursement. Zhejiang issued a notice proposing the development of artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproduction medical services related to infertility treatment price, and in accordance with relevant state regulations in due course into the scope of maternity insurance payments.
Assisted reproductive system technology is an important research method of treating infertility, referring to the use of China's medical resources to assist teaching means can help infertile couples pregnancy technology, one of the most widely used is artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization information technology (IVF).
In real life, there are some couples of childbearing age but are unfortunately encountering reproductive disorders, plagued by infertility problems, experiencing difficulties in having a baby, more anxious. According to data released by the National Health Commission and the China Population Association, the infertility rate of Chinese couples of childbearing age has climbed from 2.5 to 3 percent 20 years ago to about 12 to 15 percent in recent years, with about 50 million infertile people.
In February this year, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Medical Insurance, together with the Municipal Health Commission and the Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "Notice on Social Norms for Adjusting the Market Price Management Items of Partial Medical Information Services of Enterprises" to include the outpatient treatments of intrauterine insemination (IUI), embryo transplantation, and sperm preferential treatment and other 16 assisted reproductive technology innovation projects involving a wide range of populations, essential for diagnosis and treatment, and ever-maturing technology, safe and reliable work. Reproductive technology innovation program into the medical insurance A reimbursement scope. Although the implementation is suspended, but still gives hope to women of childbearing age who need to do IVF.
I always hear people say that they spend tens of thousands of dollars on IVF, and after the money is spent, some of the children are not conceived. It is difficult for the average family to pay the high medical expenses. This is really unbearable for families who want to have a baby.
? In vitro fertilization is included in the scope of medical insurance,breaking the situation that the high charges are stopping people, so that families who have difficulty in having children can realize the dream of having children.
In order to treat infertility, these infertile couples who want to have a baby, but also face the problem of having a baby is expensive, the current assisted reproduction medical services charge expensive.
In vitro fertilization, for example, couples need at least 5,000 yuan in pre-checkups, a cycle of egg retrieval, the cost of about 30,000 yuan, and some patients need more than one cycle of assisted reproduction, the cost is doubled. Ms. Zhu, who works in Guangzhou, said there are many examples of people giving birth through in vitro fertilization techniques. "In the past, people would often say they wanted IVF and then hide it. We would love to have children in this group, and our Medicare reimbursement is our biggest support.
? Third-generation IVF is more expensive, varying in cost depending on the number of embryos, and ranging from about $60,000 to $100,000 in total cost. The high cost discourages many who want to have children but need assisted reproductive medicine. Many families can't afford such medical expenses.
The inclusion of IVF in health insurance has raised the hopes of infertile mothers. This solves some of the cost issues for families with fertility difficulties, makes their IVF journey less bumpy, and allows families in need to get what they want.
? There is some help in promoting fertility.
In the past, negative population growth was mainly in the Northeast, however, in 2021, the Yangtze River Delta also appeared for the first time in the provinces with negative natural population growth, with Jiangsu's natural population growth rate at -1.12 per thousand in 2021. Hubei Province also had a negative natural population growth rate of -0.88‰ in 2021. Since the landing of the comprehensive three-child policy in 2021, there are also some families who want to have three children are also facing problems such as difficulty in giving birth at an advanced age and infertility.
According to data released by the National Health Commission and China Population Association, there are about 50 million infertile people.
The inclusion of IVF in health insurance at this time will undoubtedly help to promote fertility.
Population expert and director of the Guangdong Institute of Population Development? Dong Yuzheng told China Business News , the timely inclusion of assisted reproductive technology-related medical expenses for the treatment of infertility into medical insurance will alleviate the economic pressure on patients and help them realize the desire for a healthy birth, which has an important positive significance.