Government run health care

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If a male can be required to have insurance for in vitro fertilization, is it really hard to believe he wouldnt get paternity leave under .gov health care?

[Edwina's Secretary]

If a male can be required to have insurance for in vitro fertilization, is it really hard to believe he wouldnt get paternity leave under .gov health care?

Yes.

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Really, why?

Edit: LH, from what Ive read in Mass they do get IVF coverage.

[Lady's Human]

Again, group plans are written to cover multiple contingencies.

They are not written for individuals, and thank god insurance plans aren't written for individuals. No one would be able to afford insurance coverage.

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Again, group plans are written to cover multiple contingencies.

They are not written for individuals, and thank god insurance plans aren't written for individuals. No one would be able to afford insurance coverage.

Thats .gov thinking.

[Lady's Human]

That has nothing to do with .gov. It's how insurance is written, period.

Roll your eyes all you want, reality is reality.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Give it up LH. Some people just don't want to understand reality.

After all, brain surgery will probably be covered in the plan as well and .......!

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That has nothing to do with .gov. It's how insurance is written, period.

Roll your eyes all you want, reality is reality.

Group policies are absolute BS, they make it cheaper for the company selling the insurance and not making the product cheaper for the consumer. .gov thinking is group policy and it will cost us more. Men in Mass dont need IVF insurance but they have to pay for it anyway, and the cost of insurance has gone Up in Mass since insurance coverage became mandatory.

Getting rid of group policies for individuals will make insurance Co's work harder, but it can make policies for individuals cheaper.

You may be willing to pay for insurance you dont need, but Im not. Oh wait, I dont have insurance, and I think .gov healthcare is a bad idea.

[Lady's Human]

Men aren't given insurance for IVF.

The Group Policy that the man is a part of may or may not cover IVF. For instance, the BC/BS plan for FEHB includes reproductive services in general, which, being that I'm part of the group, could be construed as my insurance plan covering IVF for men.

All depends on how you parse the words, or, in a more famous statement, it all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

Paternity leave is granted under FMLA, regardless of health insurance status, and as ES has stated, there is no requirement that it be paid leave.