: Is the GFC affecting your access to AC/IVF?

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  • I haven?t thought about it before now

    4 17.39%

  • It hasn?t affected my ability to access AC

    6 26.09%

  • I am considering my options but will continue to access AC in the same way

    8 34.78%

  • I am considering my options but continue to access AC as my clinic?s providing flexible payment plan

    0 0%

  • I am finding it harder to make ends meet and this will affect my ability to access AC

    5 21.74%

  • I have to cut back on AC until either it becomes cheaper or until my financial situation improves

    3 13.04%

thread: Global Financial Crisis and your access to IVF/AC?

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  1. March 13th, 2009, 10:32 PM #8
    sazzafrazz
    BellyBelly Member


    Jan 2007
    In my own little world.
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    I can't believe the differences in costs per clinic!
    and in the varying treatments for essencially the same process.

    I had a natural cycle FET which essentially is:test blood for appropriate hormone levels x5days, take the vial out of storage and store at appropriate temp, look at embies to see if still ok. Stick them in me. Thats it but it cost $1650 of which I recieved $888.65 from medicare.

    A friend will be having a FET but with hormone stim/support drugs either side of transfer but will be only out of pocket by $140/embie.

    I therefore pay $481 more than her for no drugs.
    Go figure that one!

    The pricing won't effect our decision to go ahead with the one frostie we have left but I think it will force us to consider long and hard when we could afford to do another stim cycle if we need to.
    Last edited by sazzafrazz; March 13th, 2009 at 10:32 PM. : typo
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