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The staggering cost of fertility treatments |
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About 13 in 100 American couples have trouble getting pregnant. Infe rtility treatments like IVF cost more than $10,000 per cycle and freezing your eggs on average can cost between $30,000 and $40,000, reports CBS This Morning . Refinery29 chronicles one woman's difficult journey navigating the cost of fertility care. |
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Fertility matters |
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Fertility specialists encourage women who want to freeze their eggs to do so in their late 20s and early 30s, when they still have a healthy supply. MIT Technology Review recounts the fertility journey of one woman in her early 40s in Don't count on having kids if you freeze your eggs. |
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Women make up the majority of the college-educated workforce in 2019, Forbes reports. Employers, eager to attract and retain this new majority, are starting to del iver benefits like flexible work schedules and egg freezing. |
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Benefits corner |
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College-educated women's increased representation in the workplace is changing employers' approach to benefits reports Fortune. Companies aiming to attract and retain such skilled talent are offering benefits like egg freezing and improved paid parental leave. |
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Millennials comprise the largest portion of the US labor force. Fertility benefits may be the key to winning their loyalty at work. Recruiter details why fertility benefits are becoming a competitive advantage on the talent market . |
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About 71% of the women who went through IVF last year had no fertility treatment coverage. Women are traveling far and wide for affordable IVF, this CNBC story outlines why it's so expensive. |
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Healthcare costs are expected to top $15,000 per employee in 2020, according to new research from the National Business Group on Health. The study also finds US healthcare benefits costs are projected to climb another 5% next year. In response, employers are setting a number of strategies to curb rising costs including offering more virtual care to employees and better managing high-cost claims reports Human Resource Executive. |
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Global fertility trends |
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Single women and men struggle to adopt a child in India. The law no longer discriminates against them but the agencies involved sometimes do according to this piece in The Economic Times. |
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A married gay couple has turned to crowdfunding to raise the $25,000 for IVF because they say same-sex couples in their country cannot access p ublicly funded fertility treatment reports Yahoo! News. |
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German doctors and medical experts are calling for new reproductive health law, calling the current one "outdated". |
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Keep it coming |
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