Hello There Ladybug Lady
Thank you for stopping by and for your words of encouragement.
With Children being our greatest gift, one would wonder why our government and particularly, the insurance companies, refuse to do more than the absolute minimum required to care for them when they have catastrophic illnesses.
With regard to autism, Insurance companies refuse to cover the costs of treatment when it would do the most good. At a very young age and at the onset of the disorder. I urge you and everybody to get involved with programs designed to help children with autism.
The following article describes this terrible situation in Florida where children are left out in the cold when it comes to being treated for autism. This has to change and only We, The People, can bring about that change.
Parents report four major obstacles with respect to insurance coverage for children with autism:
-
Many services are covered by Medicaid and thus accessible only to those who will be forced into bankruptcy, become a divorced caregiver without assets, or become indigent and unproductive citizens.
-
Reasonable and appropriate coverage for Physical or Occupational Therapy is not available, with the occasional exception, limited to 60 days or 60 visits whichever comes first.
-
Although it is required for emergence of speech, Speech Therapy is denied completely. Insurance carriers justify this disclaim asserting that the child has not yet acquired speech, therefore it is unnecessary.
-
Proven Intense Early Intervention (IEI) in applied behavioral analysis is not considered a medical intervention by insurance companies, even though it coincides with the identical concept of neurological adaptability through brain plasticity. Implementation of similar treatments allows patients afflicted with other neurological traumas the ability to train different areas of the brain to respond. This is a practice similar to other medically .
Please read the rest at
http://webmaster-e.com/autism/a-insurance.htm
Elizabeth Westberry, we send you our love,our prayers and our healing light.
May a smile follow you to sleep each night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
and be there waiting,,, when you awaken.
Sincerly, Bill Vanderbilt
If You Don't Just Love This Jerkey
pass it on over here please.
It's fun. It's free. It pays you to enjoy yourself.