I-Team: Fertility Drugs Being Sold On Black Market

BOSTON (CBS) – For families who want a baby, there are few avenues they won’t turn to. In some cases, the I-Team found, that includes black market fertility drugs. Buying and selling prescription medications online is illegal. However, I-Team reporter Lauren Leamanczyk easily found people willing to ship them to her on a number of websites. “I think for the people that self pay, that are paying out of pocket, it’s more common than we think,” says Dr. Brian Berger of Boston IVF in Quincy. Though Massachusetts law requires insurers to cover some fertility treatment, many insurance companies do set limits on how old a woman can be to receive the benefit. Nicole was nearly 44 when she turned to Dr. Berger for help having a baby. Fertility drugs sold on black market (WBZ-TV) “We just knew we wanted to have a family and this was our only option,” she said. She and her husband were prepared for the emotional toll but the financial burden was a surprise. Her insurance does not cover the treatment for a woman her age. “Extremely disappointing, shocking. It’s a big choice and then when you take paying out of pocket into consideration, it just makes it all that much more difficult,” she said. For families going through in vitro fertilization, fertility drugs can cost as much as ten thousand dollars on top of the already hefty cost for the treatment. “If you need to get medications and you can’t afford it, people are going to try to get i...
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