{"id":24954,"date":"2023-08-02T14:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/?p=24954"},"modified":"2023-08-02T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:02:06","slug":"why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"date\">May 10, 2023<\/div>\n<div>Progyny\u2019s SVP of business development Ann Gaines discusses how traditional fertility benefit practices \u2014 like dollar cap benefits and step therapy \u2014 are creating inequities in treatment and how Progyny is solving for this gap in care.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/medcitynews.com\/2023\/05\/fertility-benefits-health-equity-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button link\">Read More<span class=\"icon-arrow-next\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .blog-post-wrapper --><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-float-right\">\n<div class=\"author\">MedCity News<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 10, 2023 Progyny\u2019s SVP of business development Ann Gaines discusses how traditional fertility benefit practices \u2014 like dollar cap [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-progyny-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More | Progyny<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More | Progyny\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May 10, 2023 Progyny\u2019s SVP of business development Ann Gaines discusses how traditional fertility benefit practices \u2014 like dollar cap [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Progyny\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Progyny\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-02T14:02:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-02T14:02:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"925\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mae Fang\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Progyny\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Progyny\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mae Fang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mae Fang\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28\"},\"headline\":\"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-02T14:02:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-02T14:02:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":60,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"progyny in the news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More | Progyny\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-02T14:02:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-02T14:02:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/media-coverage\\\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Progyny\",\"description\":\"Smarter benefits for life&#039;s milestones\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Progyny\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png\",\"width\":925,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Progyny\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Progyny\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Progyny\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/progynyinc\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/progyny\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/progyny.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28\",\"name\":\"Mae Fang\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mae Fang\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More | Progyny","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More | Progyny","og_description":"May 10, 2023 Progyny\u2019s SVP of business development Ann Gaines discusses how traditional fertility benefit practices \u2014 like dollar cap [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/","og_site_name":"Progyny","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Progyny\/","article_published_time":"2023-08-02T14:02:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-02T14:02:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":925,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Mae Fang","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Progyny","twitter_site":"@Progyny","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mae Fang","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/"},"author":{"name":"Mae Fang","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28"},"headline":"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More","datePublished":"2023-08-02T14:02:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-02T14:02:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/"},"wordCount":60,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["progyny in the news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/","name":"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More | Progyny","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-08-02T14:02:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-02T14:02:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/media-coverage\/why-traditional-fertility-benefits-are-inequitable-and-costing-employers-more\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Traditional Fertility Benefits Are Inequitable and Costing Employers More"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/","name":"Progyny","description":"Smarter benefits for life&#039;s milestones","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#organization","name":"Progyny","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Progyny-Logo-no-tag-Blue-1.png","width":925,"height":300,"caption":"Progyny"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Progyny\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Progyny","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/progynyinc\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/progyny"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0524236fcb8c1766b65ca3e2df5dce28","name":"Mae Fang","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2b74e416599ee96cd4c99adecb3b5376a0da15696fa59d178fa404ed8ba945c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mae Fang"}}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progyny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}