Description: Melissa Thompson, MBA, Health and Healthcare Strategist, Cancer Patient Advisor and Advocate, Consultant, author and namesake of Melissa's Law for Fertility Preseration, Oncofertility, Connecticut legislature
Melissa Thompson is an advocate for patients, domestic and sexual violence victims, as well as a health/care strategist, technologist, entrepreneur, cancer patient and a Time Magazine #TimesUp voice for change.
One of Thompson’s proudest achievement was when “Melissa Law for Fertility Preservation", was enacted by Governor Dannel Malloy on June 20, 2017.
Thompson was the driving force behind the creation and enactment of an eponymous policy change — one that requires insurance coverage for fertility treatment based on medical necessity and ensures that those with or facing issues of medical necessity would not have to wait a year before qualifying for fertility coverage.