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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Feb. 13, 2009

As War Escalates Over Autism Treatment, Parents Fire Volley

Disability rights advocates filed a statewide discrimination lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente and its medical group Wednesday, claiming the Oakland-based health plan must pay for medical services it routinely denies to autistic children.

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Disability rights advocates filed a statewide discrimination lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente and its medical group Wednesday, claiming the Oakland-based health plan must pay for medical services it routinely denies to autistic children.

The Berkeley-based legal aid group Disability Rights Advocates filed the case in Alameda County Superior Court on behalf of families with autistic children ...

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