A law requiring health insurance policies in California to pay for some services provided to patients with autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger syndrome, goes into effect on July 1, 2012. According to one of the major employee benefits consulting and brokerage service companies in California the requirement will likely increase the cost of insurance plans between 0.2 and 0.8 percent. California joins over half the states in the US that have passed laws requiring coverage for autism. Read more about it at marketwatch.com here:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/burnham-benefits-expects-californias-autism-coverage-requirement-to-increase-medical-insurance-costs-2012-06-26
The Council for Affordable Health Insurance, that opposes state laws requiring health insurers to cover autism spectrum disorders, suggested in 2009 that the cost of doing so would amount to about a 1% increase in premiums initially and could go as high as 3%. The CAHI advocates for state funds to be used to provide assistance instead of insurance coverage. Read more about what the CAHI has to say about it on the organizations website www.cahi.org here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cahi.org/cahi_contents/resources/pdf/n152AutismTrend.pdf
Sorry to Hamish Rue. I somehow seem to have made the content of your comment vanish. Here is the original comment:
ReplyDelete"It is great news for the California health insurance that the cost of premium was increase in July."
And here is the link that was posted with it:
http://ezquote.com/health-insurance-michigan/