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After reviewing leaked documents, @propublica have found that #UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with #autism across the country in order to cut costs.

Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.

#CEO #UHC #LuigiMangione #Healthcare #Children
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#BrianThompson’s a hero, huh? Yeah, gotcha.

#UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With #Autism.

Leaked internal documents show that the #insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of #therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. propublica.org/article/unitedh #health #medicine #healthcare #LuigiMangione

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#UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With #Autism

Reporting Highlights

Secret Playbook: Leaked documents show that UnitedHealth is aggressively targeting the treatment of thousands of children with autism across the country in an effort to cut costs.

Critical Therapy: Applied behavior analysis has been shown to help kids with autism; many are covered by Medicaid, federal insurance for poor and vulnerable patients.

Legal Questions: Advocates told ProPublica the insurer’s strategy may be violating federal law.

#UHC are fucking monsters, and if I had the power to strip the wealth from them and give it to these families, I would do it without question.

#Propublica is the best news org speaking truth to power. If you’ve got some spare change, consider supporting them.

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There's another great investigate piece from @ProPublica about UHC but instead of boosting that I feel it's more important to highlight:

Applied Behavior Analysis is an abusive and neuronormative intervention that hurts autistic people for the convenience of allistic people.

Here's a great resource from the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network on the evidence, ethics, and effectiveness of things like ABA: autisticadvocacy.org/policy/br

Shame on ProPublica for calling ABA a "gold standard".

ABA is torture.

ABA is not designed to help autistic kids.

ABA is designed to keep autistic kids in line so that they don't annoy their parents.

UnitedHealth denying ABA coverage is akin to them denying conversion therapy aimed a making an LGBTQ+ person straight.

I gave to them for the first time this year. Well, it may very well also be the last.

If only they had read the Wikipedia page on it, and talked to autistic people:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_

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en.wikipedia.orgApplied behavior analysis - Wikipedia

#UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Key Treatment for Kids With #Autism

Leaked internal documents show that the #insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of #therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.

#News #Health #Healthcare #Law

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I had a slightly unpleasant discussion at work last week that will need some follow-up, and I wanted to get some more views and opinions on it before starting this.
I'd like to compile some arguments and ideas to make life easier at work, but I think sourcing from beyond my own perception can be helpful.

Are you a #software #developer who has #adhd or #autism (or both)? What are the conditions or accommodations that help you thrive at your job?

*Boosts for reach are welcome and appreciated.*

I sometimes time wonder if my level 2 diagnosis was correct, but then I remember that I can't work even my 4 days a week usually. I have days off sick so often, and it is usually just overwhelm. Today I didn't want to go in because of the position I was put at, but then when I called in , I noticed I was extremely sensitive to noise and maybe had a migraine. I slept all night and morning.
My son was also overwhelmed by yesterday, so needed a day off.
#Autism #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic

#Trump elevates disproven link between #vaccines and #autism, saying “I mean, something is going on. I don’t know if it’s vaccines. Maybe it’s chlorine in the water, right? You know, people are looking at a lot of different things.” (Trump may be referring to fluoride)
Repeated studies have disproved theories that mercury-based preservative found in vaccines, thimerosal, causes autism. Thimerosal is increasingly not in use anymore according to #FDA
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Endpoints News · Trump elevates disproven vaccines-autism link in interviewBy Max Bayer