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

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This ProPublica article brought to you by Luigi. I doubt the evil actions of United Healthcare would be getting this much coverage without him.
On one hand, ABA has a long history of being an incredibly abusive, cruel form of "therapy" often performed by untrained and unlicensed staff that subject children to excessive hours of being trained like an animal and is cited by many autistic adults as what caused them to develop PTSD.
On the other, United and other health insurers refuse to pay for basically any other form of therapy for autistic kids because they claim it's also not necessary or unproven.
In the end, it's autistic people and our families who get fucked over, no matter what direction you go in.
To qualify you need to look me in the eye, and smile while reciting the pledge of allegiance backwards.
Count the number of kids and then work from the top down deposing everybody in that company.