Va. commission to review mandatory insurance coverage for 'devastating' childhood disease

A bill that would require insurers in Virginia to cover treatment for a neuropsychiatric disorder that primarily affects children will be studied by the state Health Insurance Reform Commission after being unanimously tabled in a House subcommittee this week. The legislation from Del. Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, would have applied to both Medicaid and private insurance as a way to lower the treatment costs for PANS/PANDAS, a disease  scientists believe is caused by a child’s immune system attacking their brain. Kristina Nunnally with the Virginia Alliance for PANS/PANDAS Action, or VA4PA, told a House subcommittee her family has lived a “life...Article LinkSupport the show