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Father of Fertility

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Liz Wolfe | 5.13.2026 9:30 AM

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Our fertility president: Self-declared "father of fertility" (ewwww) President Donald Trump announced new rules on Monday that would make it easier for employers to provide standalone health insurance coverage for fertility benefits.

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"The rule would create a supplemental insurance option employers could offer, similar to vision or dental insurance, for in vitro fertilization services and other fertility treatments," reports PBS. "Currently, most health insurance plans don't cover IVF or related benefits." It's not exactly a pro-IVF move, though, at least according to Trump: "This will hopefully reduce the number of couples who ultimately need to resort to IVF, because challenges can be identified and addressed very early in the process." ("The fertility journey is a very interesting one," he mused from the Oval Office. "Oz and Bobby, I can tell you, we speak about it a lot," he added, referring to Health and Human Services officials Mehmet Oz and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I am fascinated by what those conversations sound like and would give anything to be a fly on the wall of the Oval.)

But like so many Trump administration moves, it's not really clear what exactly this does; about one-quarter of large companies already offer fertility-related benefits as part of their health insurance plans. ("Among firms with 200 or more employees that offer........

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