Doctors fear predatory lending for in vitro procedures
(NEWSER) - Poor economy or not, families want children—and with bank credit tight, a specialized industry is reaping the benefits. "Fertility finance" firms provide loans for in vitro fertilizations, which regularly cost more than $20,000. The business looks set to soar this year, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal . It's "pretty much a recession-proof business, since the biological clock doesn't stop," says an executive with a fertility-clinic operator. More»