In vitro fertilization is understandably a common topic at Park Avenue Fertility in Trumbull. But medical director Dr. Andrew Levi said conversations have increased since President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this week aimed at expanding access to IVF and reducing its costs.

“It's early in the game, but I think it's an outstanding first step for sure,” Levi told News 12. “The expansion of access, having reliable access, it's important.”

The order doesn’t change anything yet but calls for the president's domestic policy assistant to make recommendations by mid-May to reduce out-of-pocket and health insurance costs for IVF.

“We still don't know all the details. I think it's headed in the right direction,” stated Dr. Hugh Taylor, chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. "I'd love to see everyone who needs it have access to IVF—that all people can get access no matter what their financial means are, no matter who their insurance company is.”

The White House said the costs run from $12,000 to $25,000 per cycle and insurance often doesn’t cover it.

Fifteen-percent of couples in the country will have a problem with fertility, according to both doctors.

“I think that the fact there's an executive order is very very important because this is prevalent,” Levi said.

“No asks to be infertile. This is a disease. It needs to be treated like any other disease, and people need to have insurance companies step up and pay for it,” Taylor added. “Connecticut is actually a state that has an insurance mandate, so we're better off than most, but even that, there are multiple gaps. There are many people who are not covered by the mandate.”

Levi said most of his patients are covered to some degree, but even then, the costs still add up.

“Some people have copays and deductibles so this would also help with that because people struggle with that, as well. So, I think there's multiple facets to this which would be helpful to our patients,” Levi explained.