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High cost prevents health plans offer infertility treatment

12/07/2012

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SAO PAULO - The high cost is one of the difficulties to force health plans to offer coverage for assisted reproduction treatment. The expert opinion is the regulation of Supplementary Health (ANS National Supplementary Health Agency), Jorge Luis da Cunha Carvalho, who attended a public hearing of the Commission of Social and Family of the House of Representatives, last Wednesday (10).

According to the expert, if health plans are required to provide coverage for these treatments, the cost will be divided among all the insured.

"Each artificial insemination costs about R$ 2000, and in vitro fertilization might go for around R$ 10,000. The problem is that often these procedures need to be repeated several times," said Carvalho.

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The Ministry of Health established in 2005, the Comprehensive Care Policy on Assisted Human Reproduction, through Ordinance 426/GM, however, four months after the ordinance was suspended to be done examining the financial impact.



Source: ANS

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