It's not like in the movies.
Posted on 03/19/2015 3:09:55 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
If Fiona M. Jardine had a husband, the expensive fertility treatments she's now undergoing would be covered by her health plan. But Jardine, 29, is married to a woman, so she and her wife have to pay out of pocket.
A bill that would grant married lesbian couples the same fertility treatment benefits as husbands and wives is advancing in the Maryland General Assembly.
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Maryland has required state-regulated health insurance plans that offer pregnancy-related benefits to cover the costs of in vitro fertilization since 2000. It is one of a dozen states that require coverage of the procedure, which involves fertilizing the egg outside the woman's body and implanting the embryo in the uterus.
That law includes a requirement that only the husband's sperm can be used in any covered in vitro procedure — a provision that excludes lesbians using donated sperm.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
There is a huge difference between a man and women who can’t conceive and a couple of homosexuals. If each would marry a man and have normal intercourse, they’d probably get pregnant within 3 months. No fertility treatments necessary.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
It's not like in the movies.
Well, I guess I may be alone in my belief that Health “Insurance” should not cover Elective Procedures that do nothing to improve the Health of the Patient.
Want big Boobs, pay up out of your own Pocket. Want Lasik instead of wearing Glasses, same thing.
Want a Kid In-Vitro, pay up whether your Gay or Straight.
I guess that makes me a meanie.
I bet they’d look good in flannel, heh-heh.
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