News Stories
News Stories
Below are links to newspaper articles which document the quest to get autism treatments covered by insurance companies and related struggles that families have gone through.
September 10. 2011
Bill helping children with autism passes Senate
Parents plead for autism coverage in insurance
Autism: Blue Shield agrees to cover ABA! But there's a catch... : Laura Shumaker : City Brights
July 20, 2011
Critics call state's autism settlement a 'sham'
Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
Jul. 15, 2011
Health insurers agree to cover autism therapy
The Associated Press
Jul. 15, 2011
Editorial: Relief for families raising autistic kids
Op- Ed in the Sacramento Bee
July 14, 2011
Blue Shield to pay for autism behavioral therapy
Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
January 20, 2011
Beall introduces autism insurance mandate legislation
Public hearing conducted on June 10, 2010,
by the Senate Select Autism Committee on Autism. CA senate members interviewed experts from the Mind Institute, representatives from CA health plans, and heatlh regulators from the DMHC and DOI on medically necessary services for autism.
November 17, 2010
Ruling Deals A Blow To Denials Of Autism Treatment
This article summarizes the preliminary ruling in Consumer Watchdog’s case against how the DMHC has been handling ABA cases.
July 01, 2009
Schwarzenegger Administration Sued for Allowing Health Insurance Companies to Deny Autism Care
June 19, 2009
Forced to Pay for Autism Care In Landmark Case
This article describes how several Michigan families who were self-insured won ABA in a class action suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in federal court.
May 11, 2009
As War Escalates Over Autism Treatment, Parents Fire Volley
This article from the Los Angeles Daily Journal, describes how the Department of Managed Health Care failed to send autism-related cases to independent medical review.
February 25, 2009
Insurance Coverage for Autism Treatments Sought
This article describes how advocates are demanding that the DMHC resolve autism cases more quickly.
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