Research: Brief Report: Quantifying the Impact of Autism Coverage on Private Insurance Premiums

Authored by Bouder, JN, Spielman S., and Mandell DS in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Volume 39, Issue 6, p. 953-957, (2009).

Article summary (posted Jul 16, 2009):

Insurance premiums (monthly payments) would increase slightly for everyone if insurance companies pay for autism-related services and therapy.

The authors calculated how many people have been getting autism-related therapy, and how much those therapies cost. Then they figured out how much it would cost private insurance companies to pay for it. They estimated that the monthly payments for all of the people insured by private companies would go up about 0.2-2%.

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autism, insurance, therapy
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