White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits
The rule would let employers offer standalone coverage for infertility care and IVF, with a $120,000 lifetime cap and 60 days for public comment.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump's administration proposed a new federal rule allowing employers to offer stand-alone fertility benefits as "limited excepted benefits," similar to dental or vision coverage.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated Monday the United States faces a "fertility crisis," citing declining sperm counts and falling birth rates as evidence of a generational public health problem.
- Estimates suggest the regulation could increase the number of employers offering such coverage from around 268,000 to 523,000, with lifetime benefits capped at $120,000 per participant.
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Trump Puts Forward New Rules to Cut IVF Costs for Prospective Mothers.
President Donald J. Trump has put forward new federal rules allowing employers to offer stand-alone benefits that will expand access to IVF fertility treatments, in an effort to reverse America’s declining birthrate.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has proposed a new federal rule allowing employers to offer stand-alone fertility benefits, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage, as “limited excepted benefits.” This in…
Trump announces new rule establishing an optional fertility benefit for workers
President Donald Trump held an event in the Oval Office on Monday to announce that the Labor Department was issuing a new regulation to formally create a fertility benefit option for employers that could be offered to workers outside normal health insurance plans.
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