Keep up the Calls for Health Insurance Reform
We need S6123, Real Insurance Reform
Despite changes published with morning in an amended bill, S7000a still does not provide any assurances to New York families dealing with autism that they will be able to get the insurance coverage that we already pay for but are denied by our insurance companies. Senate Bill 6123 is still a far better bill that explicitly states what services health insurers will have to provide.
The Senate is hearing us please keep up the phone calls to the Senate Insurance Committee.
And click on the Take Action link to send an email to your Legislators to Support S6123 and A6888, the real autism insurance reform bills.
Here are the main problems with S7000a
* It removes the anti-discrimination language we had put into law in 2000
* It is very vague and may even allow insurance companies to stop providing occupational therapy, physical therapy and other healthcare.
* It creates a four agency regulatory process that has no timelines, no appeals process, no participation of stakeholders
* It offers nothing to the growing number of adults with autism
Politely ask them to table S7000A and pass S6123.
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Neil Breslin 518-455-2225
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Craig Johnson 518-455-2622
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Carl Kruger 518-455-2460
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Kenneth LaValle 518-455-3121
Vincent Leibell 518-455-3111
Hormone oxytocin offers hope in treating mild autism
This recent article is of significant interest to those of us working with individuals with ASD. Also of interest to anyone with certain social deficits that makes developing and maintaining relationships difficult or anyone working with such individuals.
It has always made sense to me, based on the known physiological benefits of oxytocin, to encourage, as often as medically safe, women to begin a natural labor process even if inducement with a synthetic form or cesarean section is considered. Preserving as much as possible of the natural paradigm is important to assuring that prerequisites for balanced hormonal, neurotransmitter and immunological factors are put into place with the birth of a new life.
