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Originally posted by adduncan
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Re: GP's comment on costs of fertility Tx vs adoption:
Actually, infertility treatment is far less expensive than adoption, on average. Out-of-pocket costs (assuming insurance wont' cover it) for the average infertility treatment is about $10K, while adoption ranges anywhere from $20-25K - inside the USA. Ironically enough, most health insurance providers will cover infertility to some extent, but not adoption. 
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The irony of this is that I know a couple who could not conceive, and are on public assistance. The woman was also illiterate.
They were artificially inseminated THREE TIMES - for free, of course! - and are
still on public assistance!!! One good thing that did come out of it was that the mother learned to read when her eldest started school.
One of my sisters couldn't conceive - her witchy mother-in-law would call her every Mother's Day to say, "Maybe there'll come a time when we can wish YOU a Happy Mother's Day, too." They eventually found out it was
his misfunction, which helped a little, and decided to adopt a foreign child. The orphanage they used did a classic bait and switch on them - they had signed for two sisters, 6 months and 18 months old. But, gosh darn, their mother showed up and they couldn't adopt them after all. Since they weren't leaving without a child, they did adopt another little girl, who is gorgeous. All in all, the final tally was well over $30k - for just the adoption.