Mandating Coverage for Fertility Preservation — A Step in the Right Direction

Connecticut and Rhode Island recently became the first U.S. states to mandate insurance coverage of fertility-preservation services for patients about to undergo a medical treatment — surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy — that may have deleterious effects on the gonads.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2017-10, Vol.377 (17), p.1607-1609
Hauptverfasser:	Cardozo, Eden R, Huber, Warren J, Stuckey, Ashley R, Alvero, Ruben J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Cancer therapies Chemotherapy Costs and Cost Analysis Female Fertility Preservation - economics Fertility Preservation - legislation & jurisprudence Gonads Health insurance Humans Infertility Insurance coverage Insurance Coverage - legislation & jurisprudence Insurance, Health - legislation & jurisprudence Male Mandatory Programs - legislation & jurisprudence Preservation Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - economics Rhode Island State Health Plans - legislation & jurisprudence Surgery United States Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	Connecticut and Rhode Island recently became the first U.S. states to mandate insurance coverage of fertility-preservation services for patients about to undergo a medical treatment — surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy — that may have deleterious effects on the gonads.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMp1709585