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Should we switch insurance to pay for fertility treatments?

Dec 2006

Hi and thanks for any information that you can offer us, we had have not the best experience with Kaiser at Oakland, Our insurance doesn't cover infertility I can not even pay for this separately, Kaiser business policy or wherever. My wife Oby there, make us think that there is not hope, when there is not a test yet confirming anything wrong. I'm dessapointed, frustrated, and getting old. I saw the advices about fertility centers but I'm not sure to what health insurance we should switch, anyway, if somebody can recommend us also fertility doctors would be great, we decided to start all over. Thanks, best for you all Jeff


Hi There! My husband and I have 7 month-old twins and went to a wonderful fertility center called RSC out in San Ramon (there is also one in Orinda). We worked with Dr. Galen who is the head guy there and a real expert who's been in the field since the begining. We live in Kensington, but strange enough the only woman I've met so far with twins near my age-- she's also in the neighborhood-- also went to the same center and doctor! She had a very good experience there as well. She used to attend a twins group out in Walnut Creek and most of the women in the group were also Dr. Galen's patients. We had Kaiser, but they discontinued fertility coverage just a few months after we began the whole process. We ended up paying for IVF out of pocket. The cost is around 12,000 depending on the amount of drugs you'll need. But, hey, most people spend twice that on a car . . . You can go to RSCbayarea.com Good luck!!
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