Victory for Lyme insurance coverage in Massachusetts!
Mere minutes before a midnight deadline on July 31, the Massachusetts Senate voted 37-1 to override the governor’s veto of H4491, the Lyme disease insurance bill.
This vote came a day after the House also voted to override the veto, with a vote of 153-3.
The bill, which takes effect immediately, calls for mandatory insurance coverage for long-term Lyme treatment.
Kudos to the persistent advocates of Massachusetts who worked with equally persistent bill sponsors, to the thousands of Lyme patients who contacted their lawmakers via Voter Voice and other channels, to all who helped spread the message via websites, Facebook and Twitter–and to the Massachusetts legislators who listened to their constituents.
There are many lessons to be learned from this successful action, and we’ll bring more information and analysis to our readers in the coming days.
Please share any information on how you worked on this bill.. so other patients can attempt it in their home State !! THANK YOU for seeing this through to the positive ending !!!
Many of us signed an online petition, it was shard on Facebook and I think that helped too.
It’s a big win!! Now people are starting to say they’re ready to move to MA!
I hope this will be the beginning of many people getting their bills paid by the total devastation caused by lyme and other confections. I think there are still out of touch docs here in Missouri who will tell you we do not have Lyme in Missouri.
now for CALIFORNIA!!! and all the other states with many affected by this disease!!
Thank god !!!! People need to wake up. Families are financially ruined because of the constant fight of coverage for treatment . My daughter has chronic lyme had massive treatment for three years and Im thrilled to say she is training for a half iron man . People need to fight for the people who cant and DONT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER !!!!
My daughter is battling Lyme that has now affected her heart. It is now chronic. She is less than 100 pounds unable to function, unable to work, debilitating migraines. The disease is affecting every part of her body. Out of pocket medical with insurance covering little to none of the expenses. Her husband is a soldier, 4 tours, 2 purple hearts, yet Tricare denies their expenses and he is deploying again in October for the money he receives from combat pay just to help her to survive. What is wrong with this country? Come on everyone, get off your duff and wake up; there is work to be done, laws to be passed so insurance companies cover this awful disease and the long term treatments. There is research and prevention to be done,eliminating ticks at the source to stop their swift moving destruction; kill the ticks before they ticks kill us.
I am one of those financialy riuned person. My son and I continue to need treartment. Lived in my van for two years just to do a little catching up on my $400,000