Topic: Blumenthal Responds to Forbes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CaliforniaLyme
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ON Forbes.com!!!!! You know that commercial where the woman yells I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!!!! After he gives her a diamond>? That's how I felt after reading this letter!!!!! ******************************************
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" Lyme Inc." (Mar. 12) unfairly linked my investigation into the Infectious Diseases Society of America's (IDSA) Lyme disease guidelines to disciplinary proceedings against a small group of Lyme disease specialists. These cases played no role in my decision to launch this investigation. Your implication that the true purpose of my investigation is to shield doctors from sanction was untrue and irresponsible.
My investigation seeks to assure that all scientific and medical facts were and are considered in their formulation. My office launched the investigation after receiving complaints from medical experts and patients alleging that the IDSA excluded or ignored certain information, resulting in flawed guidelines. I have a legal obligation to investigate these serious allegations, including possible antitrust violations that would arise if insurers or others improperly influenced the process by excluding competing views and information for their economic benefit. Lyme disease is a persistent and prevalent medical problem in Connecticut. My office has a duty to ensure that the thousands of state residents stricken with this sometimes crippling disease receive the most medically effective treatment.
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut Attorney General Hartford, Conn.
-------------------- There is no wealth but life. -John Ruskin
All truth goes through 3 stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. - Schopenhauer Posts: 5639 | From Aptos CA USA | Registered: Apr 2005
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Wonderful! We need more public officials to conduct themselves the way Mr. Blumenthal does regarding this health plague.
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cantgiveupyet
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Awesome!
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sizzled
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bejoy
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How about some letters to Mr. Blumenthal thanking him for his letter to Forbes?
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bettyg
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would someone kindly show blumenthal's EMAIL ADDRESS so we can each email him a thank you? thx
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caat
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[email protected] Richard Blumenthal's office email
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CaliforniaLyme
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Graet idea bejoy and Meg I like your bowing thingies*!)*!!!!!!
-------------------- There is no wealth but life. -John Ruskin
All truth goes through 3 stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. - Schopenhauer Posts: 5639 | From Aptos CA USA | Registered: Apr 2005
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bettyg
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thank you CAAT for blumenthal's email addy; i'll email after my night sleep coming up soon.
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bettyg
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my thank you to ag blumenthal.....
hi Richard,
i want to thank YOU so much for your rebuttal letter you sent to FORBES magazine/writer for their irresponsible and shoddy reporting on chronic lyme disease.
thank you for stating why you filed antitrust claim against IDSA on behalf of ALL US CHRONIC LYMIES nationwide!
Yes, many injustices were done by IDSA docs not including the ILADS docs who treat us longer than 30 days.
lyme disease is NOT affordable now since majority of us ALL pay OUT of pocket with no insurance reimbursements plus our RX meds, supplements, herbs, body lab testings, or other alternate methods.
I have a great deal of respect for you butting heads with them to get JUSTICE done. you are right up there with IOWA'S OWN AG TOM MILLER, who i have deep respect for after taking on the tobacco industries years ago .
Richard, we look forward to the outcome of your investigation and hopefully, that many costs CAN BE REIMBURSED by our expensive health insurance we pay monthly! THANK YOU RICHARD!
Betty Gordon, Ames, IOWA lyme activist 37 yrs. chronic lyme; 34 yrs. MISDIAGNOSED; and remainder of time in lyme treatments
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WildCondor
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It sure is nice to see our leaders standing up and fighting for what it right for a change! Thank you!!!!!!!!!
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CaliforniaLyme
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WildCondor*)!)*!
YOU are one of our leaders*)*)!!!
THANK YOU for this TV show thing-!!!
-------------------- There is no wealth but life. -John Ruskin
All truth goes through 3 stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. - Schopenhauer Posts: 5639 | From Aptos CA USA | Registered: Apr 2005
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lymednva
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Here is my response to the attorney general. I feel it is important that we address public officials with respect and formality, not on a first name basis, unless we personally know them.
Mr. Blumenthal:
I want to thank you for all you are doing for Lyme patients. We really appreciate the effort you are making to investigate the IDSA guidelines and the effects they are having on Lyme Disease patients.
As a Chronic Lyme Disease patient who went over 40 years without a diagnosis, I am very aware of how important it is for us to receive the proper treatment, for the required length of time, not based on simple guidelines that ignore much of the research into the disease.
Thanks also for the letter you recently wrote to Forbes magazine about their misguided report of your investigation. While I am not a Connecticut resident, I know that your investigation will have far- reaching effects for all Lyme patients.
Thanks again,
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