JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A bill being introduced in Jefferson City would require health insurers to pay for parents’ in-vitro fertilization treatments, which is the practice of fertilizing an egg in a laboratory.
Representative Ladonna Appelbaum, who represents Missouri’s 71st Congressional District, says this bill would help thousands of Missourians wanting to start families.
“This bill will give people that really want to have a family that may not be able to because of reproductive health issues. A chance to do that,” says Appelbaum.
The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.
(Story by Jared Henry, ozarksfirst.com)
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