Bill Mandates Autism Coverage, Law Would Require Insurers to Cover Detection, Treatment of Disorder
Charleston Daily Mail › January 28, 2008
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Over the course of a lifetime, it costs $3 million to care for an autistic person.
Delegate Ralph Rodighiero knows firsthand the financial burden.See the full content of this document
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Bill Mandates Autism Coverage, Law Would Require Insurers to Cover Detection, Treatment of Disorder
His youngest son, Dominic, was diagnosed with autism at age 2. For the next two years, Rodighiero and his wife spent roughly $1,500 each month just for therapies and any type of health care related to their child's neurological disorder.
Unless you receive Medicare or some other form of government- funded health care, families of autistic people are s...See the full content of this document
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