This video report from the Associated Press is truly disturbing, telling the story of a family forced to declare bankruptcy because of the costs of treating their son’s autism. The family had health insurance, too — but it wasn’t enough to cover the child’s exorbitant treatment and drug costs.
Watch it:
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1 callieO // Jul 10, 2008 at 9:51 pm
It’s unfortunate and unfair how the insurance companies treat autism. If you have mental retardation or mental illness, you qualify for more than with autism due to the controversies over causes and treatments. Since medications treat only symptoms and not the underlying illness, the companies continue to get away with it.
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