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Autism Law Would Raise OK Insurance Rates
posted 01/07/09
6:16 pm
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The report was made by Thomas Cummins, an actuary used by the House and Senate. It suggests the rate increase could be as high as 19.8 percent.
House Speaker Chris Benge, a Tulsa Republican, says the report shows a proposed autism mandate could lead to more Oklahomans not having health insurance.
Sen. John Gumm, a Durant Democrat, says such an increase has not been experienced in other states that require autism coverage.
He presented a report last year quoting an actuary as saying autism coverage increase rates by less than half of 1 percent.
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posted by: Rekkle on 4:31 pm on 01/09/09
The costs of treating kids is minimal compared to the costs of leaving kids untreated who are then institutionalized at high expense as adults. Or to the costs of having kids not be institutionalized but function poorly in society and burden emergency services. The actuary who fuzzied the math on his report should be called on to explain how Oklahoma's math is different from the rest of the US. Shame.
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