Two years after a campaign pledge that the federal government or insurers would cover the full cost of in vitro fertilization, no such requirement exists, and fertility advocates say patients are still waiting, according to NBC News.
What did happen is narrower and real. The cash price of three widely used fertility injectables has fallen steeply under a federal drug pricing agreement, and self-pay patients who use those specific medications are paying meaningfully less than they were a year ago.