"The ABA treatment for persons with autism and the proposed rate cut is something that I'm concerned with the timing of," Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, told a panel of experts a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing this week.
 
"I think we may be making a mistake cutting treatment options below the national average and produce a bad outcome for something, I think, that has been proven to be highly effective and highly beneficial to those that take advantage of the treatment," he added.

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