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District of Columbia Moves on Autism Benefits

WASHINGTON, DC (March 25, 2013) -- The District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority has recomm... 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...

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 Speaks Advocates for Mental Health

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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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'The ACA's 50-State "Essential Health Benefits" Tangle:' LDI Health Economist

PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2012) -- Janet Weiner, MPH, associate director for health policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, assesses how the states are implementing the Affordable C... More...

Autism Speaks Response to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable

NEW YORK (June 28, 2012) -- Autism Speaks issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding ... More...

'The Federal Response to Autism: Where Is the Urgency?' An Open Letter from Peter Bell

May 29, 2012

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Autism Speaks Commends Sen. Menendez for Insisting Autism Therapies Get Covered Under New Federal Health Care Law

WASHINGTON, DC Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) pressed U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to insure that the states include behavioral health treatments for autism as they implement the Affordable C... More...

HHS Gives States Flexibility in Determining 'Essential Health Benefits'

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today proposed policies that would give states more flexibility in implementing the Affordable Care Act starting in 2014. Read the HHS ... More...