People with autism need health insurance reform
by Katy
Too many people with autism and other disabilities are forced to make major life decisions based on whether their insurance meets their individual needs. Parents of a child with autism take out a second mortgage to pay for therapy that helps their child learn and manage his behavior. A young couple decides they cannot get married because one of them has Medicaid coverage which will be lost when their individual incomes become joint incomes and they cannot access private insurance.
Easter Seals needs you to tell Congress to act now on health insurance legislation — this could be the “make or break” week on securing the federal health care reform legislation we need.
Take action — tell Congress. People with autism and other disabilities need health insurance reform now.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:31 am
We need ATAA!!! Contact your Senator and Congressman today and tell them to support HR 2413 and S 819!!! Just as Katy stated, second mortgages are a reality that many families have to face. Our family was given no choice but to use high interest lines of credit and loans to fund ABA for our daughter. We are looking at our third mortgage before the age of 30. Another alternative would be for us to divorce and live in seperate residences. Make sure that other families don’t have to make such life-changing decisions. Tell Congress that our children deserved to be covered by the private insurance we pay for!!!