You’ve got to love the New York Daily News. Headlining an article about
a new, less expensive fertility treatment a doctor in NYC is
attempting, they trumpet “Have a baby at new low, low price!” and the lede is “A Manhattan fertility doctor is offering a recession special: test-tube babies at bargain-basement prices.”
Hi. We don’t call them test-tube babies here in the 21st century anymore. Just FYI.
I
thought this might mean that a doctor was lowering his price for
in-vitro fertilization because of the recession. It’s not commonly
covered by insurance and can cost $10,000 to $15,000 a pop.
But
what Dr. Joel Batzofin is doing is starting what he calls a long-term
clinical trial of a new technique he believes he is the first to
perfect. Called in-vitro maturation,
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