"...Infectious Diseases Society and some other widely respected medical groups have dismissed it as a myth."
"In a letter to Rell last week, Dr. Phillip Baker, executive director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation in Lyme, wrote that there is no evidence to indicate chronic Lyme disease is due to a persistent infection but abundant proof extended antibiotic therapy can be extremely harmful."
"Passage of this bill provides no benefit to patients," Baker said. "Instead, it would enable those who profit from such therapy to continue to prey off the public to enrich themselves. It would unnecessarily increase the cost of health care in your state, thereby making it more difficult for others to afford health insurance."