Essential Health Benefits

  • Read more: Discrimination on the Basis of Health Status in Health Insurance: “Market-Norm or Necessity”?

    Discrimination on the Basis of Health Status in Health Insurance: “Market-Norm or Necessity”?

    By Kate Greenwood [Cross-posted at Health Reform Watch] In recent months, advocates have alleged that discrimination on the basis of health status in health insurance continues, notwithstanding the Affordable Care Act’s attempts to level the playing field for people with chronic health conditions. How the government and industry should respond to the allegations is not clear,…

  • Read more: An Autism Diagnosis: Still the Key to Unlocking Needed Services?

    An Autism Diagnosis: Still the Key to Unlocking Needed Services?

    By Kate Greenwood Cross-Posted at Health Reform Watch In a recent, very moving, post about her son’s diagnosis with autism at age eight, blogger Amy Storch writes: “I guess I should mention the obvious — district services for Autism are much more comprehensive than ADHD.” An autism diagnosis should not, as a matter of law,…