不妊助成、２回目以降も３０万円　１人当たり６回まで―厚労省検討

　厚生労働省が、不妊治療を受ける女性に対する助成額について、初回に加えて２回目以降の治療も３０万円に引き上げる検討に入ったことが２６日、分かった。通算で最大６回としていた助成の回数も「子ども１人当たり最大６回」に拡大する方向だ。２０２０年度３次補正予算案に盛り込む考えで、与党と今後、詰めの調整を行う。
　現行制度では、体外受精や顕微授精といった費用が高額な「特定不妊治療」に対し、初回は３０万円、２回目以降は１５万円を助成している。一方、与党は特に費用がかさむ初回の治療について、４０万円を助成することを提示しており、予算編成過程において議論が続く見通しだ。（2020/11/26-20:17）

Japan's health ministry is considering raising its subsidies for fertility treatment to 300,000 yen for second and later sessions, on top of a hike envisaged for the first round of treatment, it has been learned.
   The ministry also plans to allow each couple undergoing fertility treatment to receive the aid for up to six sessions for each child, sources familiar with the matter said. Currently, subsidies are offered for a total of six fertility treatment sessions per recipient couple, regardless of how many children they would have.
   Hoping to include the greater aid in the government's planned third supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, which ends next March, the ministry will discuss details with the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc.
   For expensive fertility treatment, such as in-vitro fertilization and microinsemination, the subsidy program now gives out 300,000 yen for the first session and 150,000 yen for the second to sixth sessions.
   The ruling camp is calling for a hike in the aid for the first-round treatment, which is especially costly, to 400,000 yen. Government-coalition talks are likely to continue in the budget compilation work.