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Missouri Health Insurance Autism Clears House

Although the Senate version of the bill is still in committee, the Missouri health insurance autism bill has cleared the house. The bill requires that all carriers must cover therapy services for children with autism. One major therapy named applied behavioral analysis seems to the most effective at this point […]

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Wisconsin Health Insurance Autism Laws

New Wisconsin health insurance laws help children with autism. Governor Jim Doyle is improving Wisconsin health insurance. He announced that mental health disorders including autism, will now be covered by the carriers at the same levels as all other  conditions.

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Virginia Health Insurance Almost Mandates Autism Coverage

Children with autism hopefully will soon receive coverage from Virginia health insurance carriers after an overwhelming passage of the mandate on Tuesday. A 27-13 vote won the legislation and now Senator Janet Howell’s bill will move along to the house for a final vote. The battle is for coverage of […]

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Wisconsin Health Insurance Autism Mandate

Governor Jim Doyle has required Wisconsin health insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders. The law went into effect November 1, 2009 for only one year but still has not been made permanent. Mandating autism coverage for Wisconsin health insurance policies allows for a minimum of $50,000 a year for intensive […]