Dr. Joie Guner was recently quoted in an article written by Nick Wolny for CNET titled “For These Personal Finance Influencers, Infertility Wasn’t Part Of The Plan”.
As personal finance influencers, Ali and Josh Lupo’s usual lane is to share tips with their 135,000 followers on Instagram about index funds, investment real estate and living below your means. Infertility and its staggering price tag weren’t a part of their financial freedom plan.
Technology aside, there are other factors that make the cost of fertility particularly exorbitant in the US, said Dr. Joie Guner, assistant professor at USC’s Keck School of Medicine and a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist at HRC Fertility in Pasadena, CA.
“We are a capitalist country, so we have a lot of competition. And so that kind of drives prices up. And pharmaceutical companies do not [have to] negotiate with the government to reduce the cost of medication,” Guner said. “There’s a cross-section between medicine and business in the realm of fertility treatment.”
The Lupos go on to discuss ways to rewire money plans to achieve certain life goals and personal aspirations such as fertility treatments.
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