不妊保険適用、４３歳未満　子ども１人で最大６回―厚労省

　厚生労働省は１４日、２０２２年４月から開始する不妊治療の保険適用について、治療開始時点で４３歳未満の女性を対象とする方針を固めた。現行の国の助成制度に準じて、子ども１人につき最大６回までとする。１５日の中央社会保険医療協議会（厚労相の諮問機関、中医協）に提案し、来年１月以降に詳細を決める。
　不妊治療の保険適用は菅義偉前首相が打ち出した少子化対策の一つで、政府は２２年度から開始する。治療方法や使う薬剤などは女性の年齢、体の状態によって多様で、どの範囲まで保険適用を認めるかが焦点となっている。（2021/12/14-18:12）

Japan's health ministry plans to limit fertility treatment covered by public health insurance from April 2022 to women aged under 43, officials said Tuesday.
   The plan will be proposed on Wednesday at a meeting of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council, which advises the health minister. Details of the plan will be decided in or after January.
   Public insurance coverage for infertility treatment is one of the measures compiled by former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to combat the country's low birthrate. The government will start the insurance coverage in fiscal 2022.
   The scope of insurance coverage is a focal point since treatment methods and medicines used differ depending on women's age and physical condition.
   According to the health ministry, subject to insurance coverage will be men of all ages and women under 43 diagnosed with infertility.