{"id":36353,"date":"2026-08-10T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36353"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:20:59","slug":"alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-insurance-wont-cover-egg-freezing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36353","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s Insurance Won&#8217;t Cover Egg Freezing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. <strong>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong> is breaking down the costs associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/celebrities-open-up-about-freezing-eggs-embryos\/\">freezing her eggs<\/a> after revealing she\u2019s taking control of her reproductive future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCutting straight to the chase, this was one of the things that was most stressful for me, as well, when I was considering doing this \u2014 is cost,\u201d the congresswoman, 36, said in a video shared via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, August 9. \u201cMy insurance does not cover one penny of this. It is 100 percent out of pocket. It doesn\u2019t go to my deductible \u2014 nothing. It covers nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, August 8, the Democrat representing New York City\u2019s 14th congressional district revealed she had made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-shes-freezing-her-eggs\/\">personal decision to freeze her eggs<\/a> amid ongoing speculation she may one day be a frontrunner for the Democratic nominee for president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to share with you all a decision that is very personal that I have made that has taken me time to consider, weigh and save up for,\u201d she said in a video also shared via her Instagram Stories. \u201cAnd it is of a sensitive matter and a personal matter and usually I keep my private life quite private, but I have made the decision to start freezing my eggs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=51&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive-Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-promo.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1762px%2C996px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Julia Louis-Dreyfus Recalls \u2018Devastating\u2019 Pregnancy Loss When She Was 28\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/stars-who-struggled-to-conceive\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Stars Who Struggled to Conceive Children Share Their Fertility Issues<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tIt has been a difficult road to parenthood for many celebrity parents, including Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. After in vitro fertilization didn\u2019t work on the first try, Teigen wondered if she had done something wrong. \u201cYou just look for anything to blame, especially yourself,\u201d Teigen explained to New York Magazine\u2019s The Cut in April [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez went on to break down her personal cost of the procedure, noting that it can vary depending on a variety of factors including the clinic type, where the patient lives, medication needed and insurance costs for those who can obtain coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, there are two main sources of costs,\u201d she explained in her Sunday upload. \u201cSo you don\u2019t just, like, pay one lump sum to the doctor \u2014 you pay for the medicine and then you also pay your clinic and for the procedure. So there\u2019s two costs of it. Some places are very expensive \u2014 I am going to a place in New York City that specifically designs options for women who don\u2019t have insurance covering it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4401861\" style=\"width: 683px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:149.85714285714%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4401861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2261495061aoccostoffreezingeggs.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added, \u201cSo the grand total personally, for me, all in, is going to be probably between $8,000 and $9,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez made an appearance on ABC\u2019s <em>This Week<\/em>, telling host <strong>Jonathan Karl<\/strong> why she decided to go public \u2014 and document the experience for her millions of social media followers \u2014 about her decision to freeze her eggs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think, um, it\u2019s important for us to normalize these conversations, especially in this political environment,\u201d she said. \u201cThis [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>] administration is denying reproductive care to women across the country, from abortion rights to the ability to carry out a healthy pregnancy. I think it\u2019s important for us as leaders to have these conversations and share these processes, especially for working women across the country, and normalize them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/julianne-hough-opens-up-about-egg-freezing-journey-and-fertility\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/julianne-hough-2214943646.jpg?crop=0px%2C361px%2C3333px%2C1884px&amp;resize=2400%2C1350&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Julianne Hough\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/julianne-hough-opens-up-about-egg-freezing-journey-and-fertility\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Julianne Hough Documents Egg-Freezing Journey: \u2018Never Simple\u2019<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJulianne Hough is opening up about an incredibly personal process: she\u2019s freezing her eggs. \u201cI just want to take a moment to say thank you to Dr. Carolyn Alexander and the incredible team at SCRC. Navigating fertility is never simple, especially with endometriosis and my own personal timeline and hopes around having children\u2026 but with [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Currently, the United States is the only industrialized nation that does not mandate paid family leave, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2019\/12\/16\/u-s-lacks-mandated-paid-parental-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research Center<\/a>. The country also has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/05\/12\/528098789\/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst maternal mortality rate<\/a> of any developed nation \u2014 a rate that has only risen after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/sophia-bush-taylor-swift-and-more-celebrities-react-to-the-supreme-court-overturning-roe-v-wade-a-disgusting-step-back\/\">U.S. Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v Wade<\/em><\/a>, which granted pregnant people the Constitutional right to abortion access. States that have banned or severely restricted access to abortion have higher and <a href=\"https:\/\/thegepi.org\/maternal-mortality-abortion-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rising rates of maternal and infant death<\/a>, according to various studies.<\/p>\n<p>Intensive investigative reporting from various outlets has indicated that at least<a href=\"https:\/\/msmagazine.com\/2024\/11\/04\/women-die-abortion-ban-elections-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 12 pregnant women have died<\/a> since <em>Roe v Wade<\/em> was overturned.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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