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Medicare rebates for genetic testing during IVF: blessing or blight?

25 November 2021

12:01 PM

25 November 2021

12:01 PM

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt recently announced that from November 1 Australians going through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) will be able to claim a Medicare rebate for genetic testing to screen embryos for severe genetic conditions prior to implantation.

Genetic disorders to be screened include cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, fragile X syndrome, neurofibromatosis and Huntington’s disease.

The government has committed $95.9

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