There's a baby drought in Australia. Maybe we should fund IVF? (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 6 months ago by TinyBreak@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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Maybe, just maybe it shouldn't cost close to 10k to even TRY to have a kid through IVF? More like 15k out of pocket costs till the Medicare rebate anyway.

1 in 6 aussie couples will struggle with infertility whilst 1 in 20 kids is born of IVF. https://monashivf.com/one-in-six/

1 in 6 couples. 1 in 20 babies. You can see a fair gap here. Unless your comfortably "middle class", you screwed. yes there are some public clinics with no gap, but the wait times are staggering. If we're worried about falling birth rates FULLY funding IVF and fertility treatments through Medicare is a no brainer.

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[-] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago

From a purely business perspective, gaining a well-educated taxpayer in 20 years is going to cost a lot more than $10k (healthcare, education etc). But, is an extra $10k investment now worth that taxpayer in 20 years?

I personally pay well over this amount annually in taxes. It sounds like a good investment on the face of it I just don't know how many people this will pay for.

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