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The Council for Affordable Health Insurance Puts Cost of Autism Insurance Coverage at About 1 Percent 

(March 19, 2009) -- A report just released by the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI), an organization representing the insurance industry, indicates that the CAHI’s own actuarial  team estimates that an autism insurance reform mandate would only increase the cost of health insurance by about 1 percent.

Read the CAHI report


Comments:
Anonymous @ 4/15/2009 12:56:42 PM 
Why did you post this. It says 1-3% and that it shouldn't be mandated on insurance companies. It says exactly what small business owners have been saying and why Virginia was unable to pass the bill this year.
Cindy Gwinn
Anonymous @ 4/23/2009 11:01:32 AM 
cost analysis has shown that autism mandates cost less than 1%,furthermore the cost to society is reduced by over 1 million dollars per person ,if effective treatment is given; by reducing dependence on public programs the 1-3% increase is nothing more than rhetoric.
Heidi LaVoie
Anonymous @ 11/13/2009 5:10:36 PM 
My insurance did not cover any treatment so we paid out of pocket. Now my husband can't purchase family insurance because of my son's condition. I was going to help him start his business but I have to continue in a clerical job at a hospital to get health insurance. It is so frustrating for small businesses.

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