The failure to mandate health insurance coverage for workers with autistic children will continue to take its toll on businesses and lead to a loss of productivity, said DTE Energy CEO Anthony Earley today.
Several large companies with self-funded workplace plans already cover therapies for the disorder -- concluding "it makes good business" sense -- but few insurers offer it as part of their plans, said Earley, speaking at the Detroit Medical Center this afternoon.
DTE Energy has voluntarily extended autism benefits to its 10,000 workers.
State Sens. Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, and Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, led the event as a part of bipartisan hearings on proposed bills requiring all insurers to cover the illness.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100621/BIZ/6210398/1361/DTE-CEO--state-senators-push-insurers-to-cover-autism-therapies#ixzz0rYTCOEY4
