Maine Legislature clears way for long-term Lyme disease treatment!!

www.pressherald.com/2015/06/29/maine-legislature-clears-way-for-long-term-lyme-disease-treatment/

"A bill to protect Maine doctors from license sanctions for prescribing controversial Lyme disease treatments has become law without the governor’s signature.

The bill passed the Maine House and Senate in early June, and became law last week. Gov. Paul LePage did not sign the bill, but he allowed it to become law when he bypassed an opportunity to veto it. Bills become law without the governor’s signature after 10 days.

Maine is the last New England state to pass such a law. Patients have complained that they sometimes have had to leave the state to find doctors willing to prescribe long-term antibiotics to treat chronic Lyme disease."

Okay - you do know those are two separate veggies, right? Ones I like, I'll have you know!! LOL!!! I'm not sure I like you dirtying their names like that!!

This is very good news and hopefully soon all states will do the same.

That's good news! One step forward.

All I could find after a short search was this: worcestermag.com/2014/07/10/massachusetts-face-face-lyme-disease-patient-protection-bill/25114

Dated July 10, 2014
"Lyme disease awareness advocates are hopeful that H.4142 (now referred to as H.4259) An Act relative to Lyme Disease treatment coverage will soon become law in Massachusetts. The bill, which earlier this week was referred to the committee on House Ways and Means, would require insurance companies to cover treatment of chronic Lyme disease. Lyme advocates are hopeful that the House will vote on it before the end of July."

I haven't seen that it went through yet though. Hopefully someone that knows will post soon!

Thanks for digging that up Traveler. That's as far as I got too. Hopefully its back in the que for this year's end of session vote.

woohooo for the turnip state!

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