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The following message is from the Lyme Action Network, an advocacy organization based in New York state. The Lyme Action Network recently sent a letter on behalf of the victims of Lyme disease to the office of Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of New York State. Our... Read More »

Mere minutes before a midnight deadline on July 31, the Massachusetts Senate voted 37-1 to override the governor’s veto of H4491, the Lyme disease insurance bill. This vote came a day after the House also voted to override the veto, with a vote of 153-3. The bill, which... Read More »

From the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force: In anticipation of Governor Baker’s veto, we updated our previous advocacy document “Fiction versus Fact,” and have sent it to every state legislator to encourage them to support an override: FICTION VERSUS... Read More »

From the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force: As we expected, Governor Baker has vetoed H4491, the Lyme insurance bill. He has also filed an alternate bill which is unacceptable. Our bill sponsors are preparing for an override. The following instructions come directly from... Read More »

From the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force: A Rebuttal to “Legislation highlights divisions on Lyme disease,” by Felice J. Freyer of the Boston Globe, July 28, 2016. House bill H.4491 builds on the Massachusetts Physician Protection Act, Chapter 112, Section 12DD of the... Read More »

Photo Credit: Angela Rowlings, The Boston Herald LymeDisease.org writes to Governor Baker urging him to sign the insurance bill Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has a few days to sign or veto the Lyme insurance bill patients and legislators have been working on for several... Read More »

Update from the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force: July 25, 2016 We’re in the final stretch! As we urge Governor Baker to sign H4491, (Lyme treatment insurance coverage bill) into law, we must also continue to contact our state legislators, asking them to be... Read More »

On July 21, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two bills related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. One provides for educational materials written for school age children, and the other requires a public awareness program for how to avoid getting bitten by ticks. The bills... Read More »

From CBS News, July 22, 2016: By Mary Marcus Brophy When Nicole Greene’s friend plucked a tick from her head back in 2001 and flushed it away, she thought nothing of it again until six years later when her doctor told her she had Lyme disease and asked if she’d been... Read More »