confused

Can someone explain what the "deal" is in treating people who have been diagnosed with Lyme.

I was diagnosed in August, but after 28 days on antibiotics I felt great.

Then New Years Eve my right leg started aching...a deep migrating ache. I have written in a previous post.
My doctor did blood work and all my counts came back normal. He is an open minded GP, but not lyme literate.

So today I attempted to make an appt. with one of the docs from the ILADS Physician Referral list.
First one not taking new patients and receptionist very rude. It happens.

Second one...the doctor answered the phone. Very conversant. Kind. But cannot take me because...I am on Medicare. Couldn't take me if I was on other insurance. And can't accept payment for services.

Confused?!
Can anyone explain?

thanks!

Its a giant cover up and bs political game of denial of a super infection designed to disable and dumb the population ..imo...no llmd will takebinsurance because the insurance company will report them to the medical boards and their liscense will be in jeapordy .this is why we are so protective of the ones who are smart and brave enoufh to treat chronic lyme.also if you are too poor or complain about treatment or pricing they will drop you as some who can pay is waiting in the wings ..sellers market .they hold the chips,and the house always wins .
please watch under our skin documentary as it explains how this came about ...dr burrascano went befor senate and lost his lisence to practice in ny for being a pioneer ...

the average person with lyme spends 50k a year on medical (if they can)
Some have more like alec baldwin and yolanda and get better ..some dont ..and are left to self treat with suppurative measures like buhner or cowden or bvt or rife ..you can order abx online and keep them at bay while you figure out your path...hiv and cancer have better support because they are recognized .zika get more funding than lyme and 300k people get dx with every year ...plant flowers and get a bee hive and start stinging imo

Post Edited (bluelyme) : 1/11/2017 4:36:03 PM (GMT-7)

Perhaps it was a misunderstanding with regard to what the doctor said or the way the doctor said it.

I'm thinking he was referring to the other insurances...meaning even if you had other insurance other than Medicare, they could not accept payment for services from that insurance.

And as we know many of them do not accept any type of insurance.

It *may* be that the doctor doesn't want to admit to taking payments for Lyme disease services. I've heard of doctors doing this before. They deny treating Lyme patients to people on the phone and such, but if you have Lyme and are their patient, they will treat you appropriately. Just don't expect to see a "Lyme disease" diagnosis on your chart.

This allows them to treat their patients the way they feel their patients should be treated without having to argue or face penalties for treatment that doesn't line up with IDSA treatment standards.

Our doctors are being persecuted. They are being turned into the medical board of their state for not following IDSA treatment standards. Some loose their license right away, some have to have a monitor to approve every script and every thing the do for each patient (costing the LLMD $$$$), and others have to close up and move out of state to stop the harassment. We have only a precious few that are brave enough to put everything they have on the line and help us.

Actually, there are a precious few that do accept insurance - unfortunately they are far and few in between.