"The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employersto offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said. The president also described a new arrangement that he said would significantly reduce the cost of Gonal-F, a fertility medication used in IVF cycles. "We'll dramatically slash the cost of IVF and the treatment and many of the most common fertility drugs for countless millions of Americans," Trump said in remarks from the Oval Office. "Prices are going way down, way, way down.""
"The president had previously promised to mandate coverage of IVF services - a process thousands of people use each year to create families - and a White House announcement had been awaited for months. In August, The Washington Post reported that the White House had backed away from the pledge for government or private insurers to pay the full costs of IVF, with officials citing challenges such as the need for new congressional legislation."
"Trump on Thursday also provided details of the administration's new pricing deal with EMD Serono, which would have drugs used in IVF cycles offered at a discount through the administration's new website, " TrumpRx.gov," starting next year. He made broadening access to IVF a key campaign pledge in 2024, as he looked to make up for losses among female voters in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade."
The administration will issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to employees and has arranged a pricing deal aimed at reducing the cost of Gonal-F and other IVF medications. Discounts will be offered through the new TrumpRx.gov website starting next year. The initiatives are framed as expanding access to IVF and lowering drug prices. Earlier pledges to mandate insurer coverage for IVF services were scaled back amid concerns about requiring new congressional legislation. Broader access to IVF was a key 2024 campaign pledge, and an executive order addressing IVF access was signed one month after taking office.
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