The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) voted unanimously to send a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, to highlight the vast differences emerging as states determine what type of treatments insurance providers will be required to cover under the new health care reform law.  Half of states are expected to include treatment of autism-specific behavioral interventions in their “essential health benefits”; other states may mandate that few or no autism treatments are covered.
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