{"id":2851,"date":"2016-05-11T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2016-05-11T10:56:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T14:56:05","slug":"questions-emerge-about-the-impact-of-state-autism-insurance-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2851","title":{"rendered":"Questions Emerge About The Impact Of State Autism Insurance Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books requiring health insurers to cover autism treatments. But new research evaluating the so-called \u201cinsurance mandates\u201d suggests these efforts are failing in key ways to help people \u2014 especially children \u2014 get needed therapy.<\/p>\n

These findings, which were to be presented Wednesday at a major conference on autism spectrum disorder<\/a> and will appear this summer in JAMA Pediatrics, highlight the consequences of this shortfall.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a push for health insurers to better cover often-pricey autism treatments, especially applied behavioral analysis<\/a>, a type of behavioral modification therapy. Read article here…..<\/a><\/p>\n

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