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Discrimination Lawsuit is Filed in Ohio After Same-Sex Couple Was Denied Insurance Coverage for Infertility Treatment

 A married same-sex couple from Akron are suing their insurers, claiming they were denied coverage for the in vitro fertilization they need to conceive a child, though that procedure would be covered for heterosexual couples.

Natalie Altizer and her spouse “just want to start a family,” reads a news release from their attorney Mark Herron of Lyndhurst.

But IVF and related services could cost them more than $100,000 out of pocket, according to the couple’s federal discrimination suit filed earlier this month against Atizer’s employer, the Summit County Board of Developmental Disabilities, and others. They claim they’re being denied insurance coverage on the basis of sex, which is a violation the Affordable Care Act.

Read the source article at fox8.com

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