Trump signs executive order aimed at expanding IVF access and reducing costs
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to develop policy recommendations to expand access to and affordability of in vitro fertilization.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to develop policy recommendations to expand access to and affordability of in vitro fertilization. The executive order states that within 90 days, the assistant to the president for domestic policy should submit a list of “policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.” “It is the policy of my Administration to ensure reliable access to IVF treatment, including by easing unnecessary statutory or regulatory burdens to make IVF treatment drastically more affordable,” the order also states. “I think the women and families, husbands are very appreciative of it,” Trump said at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, where cameras did not capture him signing the order. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump, who called himself the “father of IVF” at a Fox News town hall in October with an all-female audience, pledged to implement a policy to pay for in vitro fertilization treatments, without specifying how the treatments would be paid for. “I’m announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for, all costs associated with IVF treatment,” the president said at a Michigan campaign event in August.
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