High Fertility Costs Push Americans Abroad for IVF Treatment

In the summer of 2024, Emilie and Justin Solomon found themselves on a top-secret mission in Greece. Their family and friends thought the adventure-loving couple was on another jet-setting vacation, but they were keeping something else under wraps: They had turned off their phone locations to hide visits to a Greek clinic where they were trying to get pregnant. The Solomons are among the growing numbers of Americans looking abroad, particularly to Greece and Spain, to escape the high cost of fertility treatments in the U.S., where such procedures are often not covered by insurance. The treatments include in vitro fertilization, which involves ovulation stimulation, retrieving the eggs, fertilizing them in a lab, and transferring the embryos into the uterus. Other less intensive medical therapies also address infertility. Emilie and Justin Solomon visited Greece for IVF treatment in 2024 after they were quoted $40,000 for one round of treatment in Florida. (Emilie Solomon) President Donald Trump has made fertility, and IVF in particular, a focus of his administration’s agenda after he promised total coverage for women during his 2024 campaign. His administration proposed a rule in M...