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Minnesota On Track to Enact Autism Insurance Reform

ST. PAUL (May 18, 2013) -- The Minnesota Legislature has sent Governor Mark Dayton a bill that would make Minnesota the 33rd state, and the first in 2013, to enact autism insurance reform. The reforms are included in an omni... More...

Bob Wright Urges Governors to Require ABA in New Health Plans

WASHINGTON, DC (February 26, 2013) -- Autism Speaks Co-founder Bob Wright has called on the nation's governors to do their part for across-the-board coverage for behavioral health treatment, including Applied Behavio... More...

Autism Speaks: New Federal Health Care Rules Come Up Short on Autism

NEW YORK (February 21, 2013) -- The expanded access to health care promised through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would fall short with autism under new federal regulations that fail to require every state to include coverage... More...

IACC Pledges More Assertive Role in Federal Autism Policy

BETHESDA, MD (February 1, 2013) -- The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has pledged to take a more assertive role in federal autism policy, starting with the issue of assuring ABA... More...

Autism Benefits Lagging Under Federal Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON, DC (January 8, 2013) -- Just half the states have thus far planned to include ABA coverage in their new health care exchanges which open for business next year, an initial analysis by Autism Speaks has found.

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Kasich Adds Autism Benefits in Ohio EHB Plan

COLUMBUS, OH (December 21, 2012) – Ohio Governor John Kasich has included coverage for the treatment of autism in the state's Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark plan, drawing immediate praise from Autism... More...

4 Senators Press HHS on Autism Coverage

WASHINGTON, DC (October 19, 2012) -- In a strongly worded letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius, four U.S. Senators said the federal government is not doing enough to require the states to i... More...

State Exchanges Yielding Mixed Results on Autism Benefits

NEW YORK (November 16, 2012) -- The states are creating a patchwork of available autism benefits as they begin implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) due to poor guidance from the federal government, according to an ongoi... More...

New York Includes Autism Benefits in Health Reform Plan

ALBANY (October 2, 2012) -- New York has included autism coverage as part of the "essential health benefits" package individual and small group health plans will have to begin offering in the state in 2014 as part o... More...

California Includes Autism Benefits in Health Care Reform Plan

SACRAMENTO (October 2, 2012) -- Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that incorporates autism insurance benefits, including ABA coverage, as part of California's "... More...