3. Are MAP procedures covered by the social security system? Yes.
Hungarian legal regulation considers infertility a pathological condition attaining families or even single women desiring to be mothers. The legal model of the treatment of MAP is the same as that of any other disease. (Act and Decree 49/1997 of the Minister of Welfare on Medical interventions against infertility to be financed by the social security system).
4. Are there specific criteria for such coverage? Yes.
Infertility is the condition for the coverage of MAP. Age can only be considered in respect of the health condition preventing fertility.
Decree 49/1997 specifies more closely the conditions to be applied.
5. Is the financial coverage limited to a number of MAP procedures? Yes. Interventions ending with embryo implantation can be covered five times maximum for the same patient.