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		<title>Column: Adults with autism face major obstacles, not much help</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/09/column-adults-autism-obstacles-29128/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neil Greenspan, writing in the Huffington Post, says the fundamental problems facing adults with autism-related disabilities are rarely addressed by the media. Reasonably typical, he says, is a young adult of his acquaintance who lives alone and is unemployed and socially isolated. Among the problems Greenspan sees for adults with autism: A lack of organized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance industry backs off on pre-existing condition coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CBS News: In a letter released yesterday, the insurance industry&#8217;s top lobbyist said the industry will not fight a provision in the new health care law that guarantees coverage to children with pre-existing medical conditions. The Obama administration had promised that the coverage would start later this year. Earlier press reports, including this one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Class Act&#8217; expands options for long-term care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: &#8220;A little-remarked but potentially transformational provision&#8221; of the new health care law is the Class Act, which provides for people with long-term disabilities, writes Paula Span. The measure sets up the first national government-run long-term care insurance program, allowing workers to pay into a fund that would pay a stipend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-existing condition coverage in jeopardy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Pear, writing in the New York Times, says architects of the new health care law had intended that the measure ban discrimination against children with certain pre-existing conditions like asthma, diabetes, birth defects, orthopedic issues, leukemia, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease, requiring that insurance coverage be extended to them. But days after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Coverage of pre-existing condition &#8216;sets daughter free&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/29/columnist-pre-existing-conditions-28950/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Columnist Dan Kennedy, writing in the [UK] Guardian, says the health care bill liberates tens of millions of Americans like his daughter who have what insurance companies call pre-existing conditions. Kennedy&#8217;s 17-year-old daughter Becky was diagnosed at birth with achondroplasia, a genetic condition that is the most common form of dwarfism. The bill, he writes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CA cuts imperil services for people with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/11/ca-cuts-imperil-services-disabilities-27975/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times: California Gov. Schwarzenegger&#8217;s most recent budget proposal would close 327 adult day healthcare centers centers throughout the state, with an estimated cost savings of $135 million in fiscal 2011. The centers serve 37,000 low income participants of all ages who have disabilities and chronic conditions including brain injuries, dementia and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long term disability coverage stirring health care debate</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/14/long-term-disability-coverage-26568/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Pear in the New York Times: A proposal to provide long-term coverage to people with disabilities and chronic illness is roiling debate in Congress. The measure was included in health care legislation passed by the House. Advocates say the proposal, drafted several years ago by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is long overdue and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal watchdog: Health care failing those with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/01/health-care-reform-23284/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a press release from the National Council on Disability: People with disabilities face significant barriers to health care and are in need of immediate health care reform, according to a federal report released yesterday. The report by the National Council on Disability found that people with disabilities frequently lack health insurance or coverage for necessary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogger: Obama proposal will improve disability coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/17/health-care-disabilitie-22446/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small group of parents protested this week that the Obama health care legislation would lead to the rationing of services for their children with disabilities, a charge that was refuted by some disability advocacy organizations. Politico&#8217;s Ben Smith writes that such accusations are &#8220;simply not true,&#8221; and said the Obama proposal will actually benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: ObamaCare will prompt abortions of babies with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/09/clyne-obamacare-22040/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Disabled just won&#8217;t make it to birth&#8217; Meghan Clyne writes in the New York Post that ObamaCare would be more likely to prevent babies with disabilities from being born rather than deny end-of-life treatments using &#8220;death panels,&#8221; as suggested by Sarah Palin. With finite resources, government has every incentive to keep heavy consumers of health [...]]]></description>
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