The following is from my friend Rick LaFerierre at Lymeinfo.net. The article is authored by Steve Israel from the Times Herald
in Middletown N.Y
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Nothing we can do' for Lyme disease as costly treatment option denied
Some question chronic illness
By Steve Israel, Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York
April 28, 2013
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130428%2FNEWS%2F130429677
or http://goo.gl/xUOqN
Scores of local victims of a disease they say makes them so
weak they can't drive, think clearly or make tea without
laying down are being denied insurance payments for
treatment of that disease.
This is despite the fact that the antibiotic Rocephin
alleviates the symptoms of Lyme disease, say many patients
who have used it and doctors and nurses who have treated
them with it.
So in order to get the treatment for more than the 28 days
allowed by many companies - or in some cases, to get it at
all - victims like Kristin Raucci of Pine Bush, Scott Owens
of Kerhonkson and Doreen Peone of Saugerties must pay
hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars per month, often
going broke or even, in the case of Owens, losing a business
in the process.
Full story and comments: http://goo.gl/xUOqN
Letters:
http://services.hudsonvalley.com/reader-services/submissions/letter-to-editor/
Some question chronic illness
By Steve Israel, Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York
April 28, 2013
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130428%2FNEWS%2F130429677
or http://goo.gl/xUOqN
Scores of local victims of a disease they say makes them so
weak they can't drive, think clearly or make tea without
laying down are being denied insurance payments for
treatment of that disease.
This is despite the fact that the antibiotic Rocephin
alleviates the symptoms of Lyme disease, say many patients
who have used it and doctors and nurses who have treated
them with it.
So in order to get the treatment for more than the 28 days
allowed by many companies - or in some cases, to get it at
all - victims like Kristin Raucci of Pine Bush, Scott Owens
of Kerhonkson and Doreen Peone of Saugerties must pay
hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars per month, often
going broke or even, in the case of Owens, losing a business
in the process.
Full story and comments: http://goo.gl/xUOqN
Letters:
http://services.hudsonvalley.com/reader-services/submissions/letter-to-editor/
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