Companies offering fertility benefits attract and also benefit from more productive employees, Levine said. The lack of adequate fertility coverage offered in the United States has led to companies like Progyny -- a large third-party fertility benefits company that offers coverage plans to large, self-insured companies -- filling in the gaps. "It has not caught up to the trends that are driving more and more companies to add fertility coverage ... infertility should be treated like any other condition." CNN reached out to the Department of Veterans Affairs for comment regarding its current fertility benefits and lack of coverage for the LGBTQ community. While getting her doctorate at the University of Michigan in 2013, she wanted to start her family and needed fertility treatment.

Source: CNN April 18, 2021 10:07 UTC