Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2017
IVF options for older women curtailed as government views Medicare costs
28 May 2017 - IVF options for older women curtailed as government views Medicare costs.
Women struggling to have a baby could have a limited number of publicly funded IVF rounds and an upper age limit of 43 under options proposed by a federal government taskforce looking into Medicare.
The Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce is exploring the changes as it looks for ways to rein in millions of dollars of rebates given for health treatments.
The review, which began two years ago, is examining 14 IVF treatments among more than 5700 items on the Medicare Schedule to align them “with contemporary clinical evidence” in order to “improve health outcomes” for patients.
