Should Canada’s Health Care Fund IVF?
August 31, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
Inside Canada’s universal health coverage, you’re left on your own to pay for services like in vitro fertilization (IVF). But Dr. Renda Bouzayen thinks that should change. She’s the division head of Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility at Dalhousie University. Bouzayen wrote an editorial on the subject for Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Why should Canada pay for IVF?
Bouzayen argues that the cost of care for the babies and mother are the responsibility of the public health system anyway. And with IVF being so expensive, couples are more likely to transfer multiple embryos, possibly resulting in twins or triplets. When it comes to …read more




