MONTREAL — Already rich with a history of policy-makers encouraging baby-makers, Quebec could become the first province to pay entirely for in-vitro fertilization treatment under a Liberal election promise made yesterday.**********
The Liberals estimated that 1,500 births annually would be generated by the plan, with costs estimated at about $35-million per year.
The plan is a reversal from a stand taken by Philippe Couillard when he was health minister last year. Mr. Couillard opposed covering the cost of treatments because he said infertility isn't an illness. He isn't running this time.
FROM THE COMMENTS:
"Hell, for 35 million I'll offer my services on a per pregnancy diem."*