03-29-2005, 02:48 PM
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The Hill Times, March 21st, 2005
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By Pierre Poilievre
Birth of a child shouldn't become healthcare roulette: exclusion of autism treatment from Canada's medicare
Displaying start of article containing 1156 words - Parents so look forward to the birth of their child. But what happens when the child is born with a serious health problem? It can happen to any of us. What do we do when the worst nightmare comes true--the terrible news of a diagnosis that our child has the dreaded neurological disorder of autism. After the initial shock, comes the horrible truth that Canada has abandoned your child. Medicare does not fund any medically necessary treatment for autism--period. Medicare does not even have a single category with the phrase "autism treatment," let alone any treatment funding for the disorder. In short, the innocent infant who has done nothing wrong other than be born with the "wrong" health disorder in Canada (a neurological one), is completely shut out of our country's vaunted health care system. For the child with autism, there is no help in Medicare after the diagnosis, not even a Medicare queue in which to line up.
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OPED
By Pierre Poilievre
Birth of a child shouldn't become healthcare roulette: exclusion of autism treatment from Canada's medicare
Displaying start of article containing 1156 words - Parents so look forward to the birth of their child. But what happens when the child is born with a serious health problem? It can happen to any of us. What do we do when the worst nightmare comes true--the terrible news of a diagnosis that our child has the dreaded neurological disorder of autism. After the initial shock, comes the horrible truth that Canada has abandoned your child. Medicare does not fund any medically necessary treatment for autism--period. Medicare does not even have a single category with the phrase "autism treatment," let alone any treatment funding for the disorder. In short, the innocent infant who has done nothing wrong other than be born with the "wrong" health disorder in Canada (a neurological one), is completely shut out of our country's vaunted health care system. For the child with autism, there is no help in Medicare after the diagnosis, not even a Medicare queue in which to line up.
The requested article is currently only available in our PDF edition.