Senate Passes Bill Covering Fertility Care for Vets

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Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets

Dec 13, 2012 - Wounded veterans and their spouses who want to have children could get the government to pay for fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization under legislation beginning to move through Congress in the waning days of the session.

By voice vote, the Senate passed a bill Thursday to update the Veterans Affairs Department's medical coverage for one of the signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: trauma to a soldier's reproductive organs.

Nearly 2,000 service members suffered such wounds between 2003 and 2011. But when wounded veterans went to the VA for medical help in starting a family, they were told the VA doesn't provide that kind of care.

A similar bill is pending in the House. Supporters said the Senate's action increases its chances of becoming law before Congress adjourns. read more>>>