Healthcare in the U.S. is a bit of a mess right now. Really it depends upon the States and not the government. Each state has it's own coverage and depending on which insurance company and how much one is willing to pay, will depend on the type of healthcare you get. My mom is paying almost 300.00 every two weeks to ensure her and my dad (who doesn't have insurance through his employer)get some kind of healthcare. They get a list of dr.s to choose from (good or bad) and thats who they must go through to get the care and must get a referral each time they go to a specialist.
We have AWESOME healthcare because my husband is an RN through one of the city hospitals here. When we have a baby, any service done in the hospital is FREE. Also if we need emergency care or bloodwork or scans of anykind, if we have it done through the hospital, it's FREE.
Now, for a dr., as long as he is affiliated with Crouse, we pay very little, otherwise we must pay out of pocket and be reimbursed later (which really stinks because this RE isn't affiliated and all his tests MUST be done within the office).
We will be covered up to diagnosis (which I was already dx'd in Ohio by my other RE) but anything other than that will be covered by us. I'm going to ask for certain procedures to be done at the hospital, but some just cannot be. I'm unsure about the meds yet. We get our meds through the hospital pharmacy and get 60 percent off most medications. Fertility meds such as Gonal-F I'll have to call about on Monday as they were closed today.
Anyways, there are some states that allow fertility to be covered. But you'll find most states don't.
Our Democratic Presidential Nominee's have plans to create National Healthcare for everyone to be covered. While I think it would be great for everyone to have coverage, I also have friends in Canada and England who have to wait quite awhile to be cared for and my Canadian friend who has a chronic illness could have died because they kept testing and passing her by until almost a year later (due to the waiting on appointments). I do like the idea of FREE Healthcare in the UK. But I hear tremendous complaints on the healthcare systems.
I just don't know what will come of our U.S. Healthcare system. I only know we need to do something. But, as I'm sure you've seen everything here in America seems to be struggling, including our American Dollar. Just REALLY bad mismanagement on behalf of our government and even the American people. We need to learn basic financial principals to keep us from making bad decisions like signing for mortgages that people weren't able to afford in the first place.
Oh dear, I seemed to have started up again.
My husband and I discuss politics alot these days. The sad thing about the American government these days, is that it lost it's luster to allow people to Invent new things to help our future. Instead we've built up this HUGE reliability on other countries and are too dependent. Reminds me of raising our children. Either you raise them to be able to stand on their own two feet so when you send them out into the world they can handle life OR you spoil them rotten, give them everything they want and wait until disaster strikes once they've made several bad decisions because they weren't taught basic fundamentals of growing up and being independent. I love my country and know we could do SO much better with ourselves based on the principals of our Founding Fathers.
Ok, Enough from me!
As for the ovarian drilling. I am tempted. I'll have a talk in September with our RE. I would like to do the Ovarian Drilling and the Gonal-F to start with. I'm not sure if he'll make me do the dumb clomid. I'll do all I can NOT to.
Yes, I love this site as well. It's hard being dx'd and really struggling when people around you have no clue what your going through. We've been struggling for 7 years. My sil wanted to have a race to see how many children we could have. She's on her 5th and still trying.....my other sil just got married last year and they have found out they're pregnant already ......with TWINS.
I'm excited but pretty annoyed that here I've been trying for 7 years and then my husbands youngest brother has twins a year after marrying. So many thoughts go through my head and I hate it. But I'm trying to be loving and happy for those who HAVE been blessed with child.