Cost is a leading reason<\/a> why people say they could not obtain the fertility care they need. But the costs of IVF and other forms of fertility care lie within a larger home economics framework of family-building and -raising.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The context and costs of raising a child in America.<\/em><\/strong> Consider the layers of a household budget starting with the home\u2019s \u201cmacro\u201d-economics of income. Then within that circle, especially in the U.S., the factor of whether that household is covered by employer-sponsored health insurance. The next layer of more health micro-economics in the family is the health insurance plan\u2019s design and, ultimately, coverage for fertility benefits.<\/p>\n Northwestern Mutual recently asked<\/a>, \u201cHow much does it cost to raise a child?\u201d Their bottom-line: that raising a child in 2025 could cost about $320,000 from the time they\u2019re born to age 18 based on government data adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n Here are the sobering statistics on the cost of raising a child in this video from Northwestern Mutual<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.healthpopuli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Onion-diagram-JSK-1024x592.png\")
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