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From the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force: A Rebuttal to “Legislation highlights divisions on Lyme disease,” by Felice J. Freyer of the Boston Globe, July 28, 2016. House bill H.4491 builds on the Massachusetts Physician Protection Act, Chapter 112, Section 12DD of the... Read More »

Photo Credit: Angela Rowlings, The Boston Herald LymeDisease.org writes to Governor Baker urging him to sign the insurance bill Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has a few days to sign or veto the Lyme insurance bill patients and legislators have been working on for several... Read More »

Update from the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force: July 25, 2016 We’re in the final stretch! As we urge Governor Baker to sign H4491, (Lyme treatment insurance coverage bill) into law, we must also continue to contact our state legislators, asking them to be... Read More »

On July 21, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two bills related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. One provides for educational materials written for school age children, and the other requires a public awareness program for how to avoid getting bitten by ticks. The bills... Read More »

From CBS News, July 22, 2016: By Mary Marcus Brophy When Nicole Greene’s friend plucked a tick from her head back in 2001 and flushed it away, she thought nothing of it again until six years later when her doctor told her she had Lyme disease and asked if she’d been... Read More »

From the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force: It is critical that we keep the pressure on Governor Baker to sign H. 4491, the Lyme treatment coverage bill! You’re doing great so far, but it’s important to continue. If Governor Baker should veto the bill, the... Read More »

People afflicted with Lyme disease in Colorado have a hard time getting properly diagnosed, because health officials and medical personnel continue to insist the illness doesn’t exist in their state. Reporter Libby Smith CBS Denver did a two-series on the topic,... Read More »

The Massachusetts Legislature has reinstated the original language regarding Lyme disease insurance coverage, and sent the measure back to Governor Baker. The first time, it was sent as a budget amendment, which allowed the governor to change the language into something that... Read More »

The possibility of insurance coverage for Lyme disease in Massachusetts is not dead yet. Massachusetts residents, it’s important that your legislators hear from you. The following update gives latest details, as well as a link to Voter Voice, an easy way to contact your... Read More »