There’s A Zipcode Lottery When It Comes To Access To IVF.

Those Americans who did not provide fertility coverage through their employer or state mandates are generally out of luck.

Excerpt - Americans going through fertility challenges in the United States might be jealous of those in the United Kingdom and their access to universal healthcare. The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) provides medical services free of charge, and that even includes fertility treatments. Brits love their healthcare so much that they even celebrated the NHS — through dance — during the 2012 Olympics’ opening ceremonies. But a report published earlier this month, might temper that trans-Atlantic envy.

Ellen Trachman is the Managing Attorney of Trachman Law Center, LLC, and a regular contributor to the ‘Above the Law’ platform.