Lyme Insurance Bill Passed in Illinois

Great start!

https://www.lymedisease.org/illinois-lyme-insurance-bill-passes-house/

Looks like good news for Lymies in Pennsylvania as well.

https://www.lymedisease.org/pa-lyme-insurance-bill/

Definitely a step in the right direction, but still so much more is needed. LLMDs, NDs, under most insurance plans would still be considered "out of network"

in PA, legislation in the Senate, SB100 has been just hanging there for years, this new House bill goes with that Senate bill...hopefully it all comes together soon.

i am sure the magnitude of misdiagnosed or undiagnosed people is profound, in my state.

Girlie said...
But for how long will they cover the abx and Dr appts?
Will they not balk at the length of time lyme patients need the coverage?

Thats the issue with some states that already did this.

If these laws wording are to vague, Insurance can, have, and will say two weeks is sufficient unless the law states otherwise. Hoping they did a better job than previous states.

Happened to me. And the rep said two weeks cure all and every case of lyme disease. They would not budge. So it meant no change in the end.

I dont see details in the Illinios law, but Penn's look good: "HB 629 would require health insurers to cover treatment plans for Lyme disease or related tick-borne illnesses, as prescribed by a patient’s healthcare practitioner."

One good thing for all if they are getting abx and clinical time with a real MD is ins will cover the labs and rx's............but not the clinic visit.

With health ins companies, its not uncommon for the left hand (labs and Rx's) to not talk to the right hand (visits).