[raybbr]

All of the “Associations” see this bill as one, great big, giant teat.

[ElayneJ]

I truly feel bad for those who believe this legislation will help their loved ones access better care. Raising that hope, I believe, is cruel, and if SF Nan, obama, and their associates don’t know better they should. It’s disgraceful.

[carmody]

Beautiful response letter.

[old curmudgeon]

Don’t frget that the obummer care plan will eventually call for if not require the abortion of a fetus not believed to be perfect.

It will most definitely disallow medical treatment to those who are deemed to be a waste of money.

Autism, cerebral palsy.....and what else?

[SuziQ]

"...the new law will be a great step towards ensuring that all people with autism have access to health-care."

This has been the problem with the arguments leading up to the vote. ALL people, whether with autism, or any other medical condition, have access to health-CARE in this country. Some people have had trouble finding health INSURANCE, which is an entire different matter. This legislation might help them with being able to GET insurance, but it's certainly not going to help them with being able to AFFORD it, because everyone's rates are going up.

The Dems have tried to obfuscate the issue by making health-CARE and health Insurance interchangeable in the discussion, but apparently haven't been completely successful, because almost 60% of those polled are against what the Dems did on Sunday night. Whether this will result in those Dems being voted out of office in November remains to be seen. I guess that's up to US to keep the issue in front of the voters until then.

[Hoodat]

Great letter, Sharie. My very special son should be entering first grade in the fall. Unfortunately, there is no government option in the government school system for his education. I am looking at a school right now, but the tuition is $17K. Since the county school system refuses to provide the education my son needs, I am going to suggest to them that perhaps I can keep my property tax money to help defray the costs of private education. Think they'll go for that?

My current insurance covers an hour a week of both speech and occupational therapy. I don't like the idea of a government mandating to insurance companies what they can and can't cover. It all comes down to this: Do you trust your government? That's a selling point that even liberals should understand.

[DFG]

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[kruss3]

New science has proven the plasticity of brain and heart tissue to intervention efforts where new cell growth was deemed impossible. It looks to me that these facts suggest some opportunity to reverse symptoms of autism in adults and children. Vitamin D deficiency during & after pregnancy, iron overload from 12 months of age and subsequent hypochlorhydria are the primary underlying causes.

[Palmettomom]

We are retired military with a child who has an autism spectrum diagnosis. It was difficult to get OT and speech therapy for him under government medical care AKA Tricare. I wish all these people luck doing better. They will need it.