Lyme Update & Health Insurance Rant 8/18/2009

An update on my Lyme Disease Progress.

I have been dealing with my insurance company for months now. They have denied my Lyme Disease treatment even after appeal. I pay about 1200-1300 dollars in medical bills every month for something they should be paying for.

I have been selling jewelry to help pay for my medical expenses and keep my fingers limber. You can browse my shop at http://amandamorante.etsy.com

Thanks for watching!

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• Bartonella
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• Zithromax
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[Ringo55753]

Could you please provide a link to the movie "Under our skin"?

By the way, do you have a brother named Devon?

[OneGirlArmy]

@Ringo55753 No I have a cousin Named Devon though. :)

[OneGirlArmy]

@Ringo55753 Go to under our skin . com to preview the movie.

[Ephilation]

So how did you convince your parents that this was a real issue? I still haven't been able to convince them.

[OneGirlArmy]

@Ephilation I had them watch Under Our Skin. It's a great film and explains a lot.

[lcb1783]

Just because the government may provide universal health insurance that rivals other health insurance companies, it doesn't mean that the government insurance plan will cover people with lyme disease. It is a nice idea, though - my mom has had lyme disease for almost twenty years - but I am not confident that they the government will help her with their proposed plan. If they do, that would be a godsend, but again, no evidence to support it.

[OneGirlArmy]

I'm not saying it will cover Lyme Disease. It is still a human right to have basic health insurance though whether it covers Lyme or not. Lyme is not the only disease on this earth.

[nicolebmoviesFTW2]

This is why everyone hates America.

[hoody1214]

You go girl! You and I should start our own group to fight the injustice that is going on with insurance. Aetna treats me the same way. They will not pay for a picc line unless I too have organ failure, severe cardiac problmes, treatment resistant arthritis, or neurological deficits. What a pile of crap. I'm currently trying to prove I have neurological deficits, LOL.

Love & Light--Shera

[heiwalove]

i hear you. i'm uninsured and there's no way on earth i could ever afford IV treatment. it's criminal. and lyme sufferers will likely not be helped by universal care until the CDC changes its guidelines and the IDSA spontaneously combusts -- but you're right, maybe we'd at least be eligible for a plan that covers emergency/routine care. and of course it would help millions of other folks around the country. people need to think outside themselves for more than 2 seconds.