HB 1534, which would allow doctors to treat Lyme disease and provide insurance
coverage for Lyme disease, passed the State House of Representatives today
on a 163-29 vote. Pennsylvania residents should contact their State Senator
and ask them to support this bill. Out of state individuals should also
call any or all state Senators and ask for their support.

Thanks to all those who worked hard to get this bill introduced and through
House passage again!

Call, email or write your PA State Senator:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senators_alpha\
.cfm

If in Pennsylvania, you can look up who your State Senator is by using this
link:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/?lvl=L

Sincerely,
Luke Halinski
Lyme Disease Society
Member, Lyme Disease Community Caucus

This is so important and state by state legislation seems to be the directed path.

Senators witrh email addresses

Find your senator Pa

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I hope that helps everyone and encourages them to take the time to do this--it is really important--this is for our kids.

Linda

How wonderful to be able to read the bill and have the email addresses.

I had the bill number in the subject slot, too.

Ann-OH
(quote)
The bill described below passed the Pennsylvania House recently. It is a very thorough approach to making sure my friends and relatives and yours are protected and insured decent treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.

Lyme disease is the fastest-growing tick-borne disease and second only to AIDS in the number of people infected in the US. It can become chronic if not treated effectively and early enough. Attention must be paid to this dibilitating, expensive to treat, devastating disease.

Thank you for your consideration and please vote "YES" when this bill comes before the Senate.>>

HB 1534 Printer's No. 1889.

An Act establishing a task force on Lyme disease and related
maladies; and providing for powers and duties of the task force, the
Department of Health, the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, for certain antibiotic
therapies and for misconduct proceedings. (Representatives Phillips and
others)

copy/paste the list of ALL senators emails and put them in the BCC, blind carbon copy area.

Send this to YOURSELF, your own nickname ... this way the long list of senator's names are NOT shown and it is more personalized.

I'll email now.... Thanks for bill/email addys.

Rest should go as is. I'm back to copy someone's text without me rewriting it.

570.820.4848

I didn't see an email address on his site.

Let's get Pa. to do this!!!!

I will write a quicky email too!

Representative Armstrong:

HB 1534, which would allow doctors to treat Lyme disease and provide insurance coverage for Lyme disease, passed the State House of Representatives recently on a 163-29 vote.

Please support this bill when it is voted on in the State Senate.

I have had Lyme Disease for 17 years, but my doctors were unable to recognize the symptoms. The lab tests are inadequate, and the AMA guidelines for treating it are total crap.

The few doctors who are knowledgeable and willing to treat Lyme Disease run the risk of persecution from the insurance companies, due to the expense. Treatment with intravenous antibiotics can cost $1000 per week. Treatment with oral antibiotics routinely takes years.

A Lyme patient overheard a doctor telling a student, "Don't get involved with Lyme patients, you could lose your license."

There are many people with Lyme Disease who cannot get adequate treatment because their doctors are afraid to treat, or because the insurance companies refuse to pay.