Why is the government requiring Medicaid to cover Autism treatment but does not require is own employee health insurance plans to cover treatment for children. Applied behavior analysis, or ABA, is essential to helping autistic children reach their fullest potential. But under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, it is considered an educational, not medical, intervention and as such is not covered for the majority of federal employees. It makes the federal government a hypocrite is requiring states to cover needed treatment but refusing to cover its dedicated , hard working employees for the same condition.
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