Coalition to Help Families Struggling with Infertility

04/01/2019

Thank you to all of the advocates and partners who helped make this happen!

Today New Yorkers have a lot to celebrate! They will get a fair shot at a family!

Thanks to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature, they have agreed to include significant IVF and fertility preservation measures in this year’s state budget. The budget requires large group health insurance plans statewide to cover in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and requires all commercial insurance plans to cover medically necessary fertility preservation treatments.


We want to thank our passionate network of grassroot advocates, physicians, and a strong coalition of non-profits and pharmaceutical partners who have been working on increasing access to treatments and for years. Your hard work has paid off for New Yorkers.

Rest assured, that our work is far from done.

Read our press statement here: http://ow.ly/4GGG30ohfKJ

03/18/2019

The Coalition is looking for New Yorkers who are dealing with infertility, who work for small/medium size employers (100 employers or less) and get their healthcare from their employer and do not have access to a plan that covers IVF. We are looking for any patients (men or women) who fit this description who would be willing to share their stories on camera and who also might be interested in being part of an op-ed asking the NY legislature to pass FAFTA for everyone. Right now the Governor's proposal excludes those New Yorkers who work for small/medium companies. If interested please email Rebecca Flick, [email protected]. Please include your name, email address, cell phone number, and any details about your current insurance situation or inability to pursue IVF because of cost.

06/22/2018

This year, passed in the Assembly and the Senate (51-9). Thank you to thousands of orgs & individuals that made such an incredible effort in the first half 2018. We cannot relax. Help for New Yorkers that suffer from is almost here. !

http://helpfamilieswithinfertility.net/

06/19/2018

Thank you Senator Elaine Phillips for sponsoring and helping the men and women in that want to have a baby but cannot because they suffer from and can't afford treatments like .

Now we need to do our part. Tell your legislators to vote YES today!

06/16/2018

Senator Elaine Phillips, the sponsor of pro-baby, pro-women, pro-family legislation to update insurance coverage for women who need IVF and cancer patients where treatment could destroy their fertility, is thanked by Reproductive Specialists of New York with a giant thank you note signed by many citizens, patients, nurses and doctors.

For women with these needs, this is their ONLY HOPE of having a baby.

06/12/2018

Watch this ABC News 10 report on the Fair Access to Fertility Treatment Act ( ), how it would change people's lives that want to have a baby but cannot because of and how it would only cost New Yorkers $.55 cents a month.

Almost 70,000 babies were born through In-vitro fertilization in 2015, contributing to a growing number of success stories of families using fertility treatments. The only thing stopping many families is cost.

06/11/2018

Thanks to Nick Reisman for publishing a story on CHFSI's report that shows that passing to include and fertility preservation treatments as mandatory insurance items would cost people 55 cents a month, less than the price of a donut.

A coalition of groups that back a measure for reforming insurance coverage of in-vitro fertilization and fertility preservation treatments will release a report Monday that found the bill would cost New Yorkers 55 cents a month, a less expensive option than the current system of having some patients...

06/07/2018

Time is running out.

There are only a couple weeks left in this year's New York State Legislative session and the Senate hasn't yet voted on .

Please take a moment to contact your Senators to ask them to vote yes on FAFTA, so New Yorkers with can get the insurance coverage they need to cover treatments like so they can have a chance at having the baby of their dreams.

It's easy: http://helpfamilieswithinfertility.net/

06/06/2018

"Improvements in cancer treatment have made it possible for more people to live longer, healthier lives after cancer. But many of these new therapies also carry a risk of affecting the ability to have children." - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
http://helpfamilieswithinfertility.net/see-support-from-major-organizations/

06/04/2018

One of the greatest joys in life is having a baby. Unfortunately, many New York families that want and try to have a baby can’t because of infertility. is a disease that affects more than 440,000 women, and their partners, in New York. http://helpfamilieswithinfertility.net/faq/

06/01/2018

: Recognizing the Fair Access to Fertility Treatment Act ( ) sponsors in the New York State Senate and Assembly: Senator Elaine Phillips and Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas.

Thank you for standing up for New Yorkers with by working for insurance coverage for life-changing fertility treatments like that can help people have the baby of their dreams.

05/31/2018

With 2 weeks left in the NY Senate's legislative session, now's the time to email your senator to tell them to vote yes for , which would make fertility treatments like covered by all health insurance in NY. Learn more & send an email here: http://helpfamilieswithinfertility.net/