Insurance, Disability Claims, Health Costs, and HMO Issues and Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by a tick bite and
affects humans and animals.
This page contains links to citations and abstracts for medical and scientific articles from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE database.
Table of Contents
Insurance and Lyme disease
Disability claims and Lyme disease
Health costs, prescription assistance, and Lyme Disease
Managed care and Lyme disease
Patient advocacy and other health care consumer organizations
See also
For more information on Lyme disease
Insurance, Disability Claims, Health Costs, and HMO Issues and Lyme Disease
Insurance and Lyme disease
MEDLINE - insurance AND Lyme disease - 7 on 9 Mar 00
Insurance Issues Links - Cheryl's Lyme Disease Page
LA: Lyme medical insurance issues
Lyme Disease, Paying for Treatment
Lyme Disease - The Medical Reimbursement News Letter, Summer 1996 VOL 1, No. 2
HMOs looking for way out of paying for Lyme disease, The Consumer Insurance Guide
Lyme disease patient sues BC/BS for $800 million, Newsday, 11-12-1999, pp A08
Ticked Off, The Village Voice, December 16 - 22, 1998
Lyme disease victim sues over benefit cut, Enterprise - Reporter, Chico, CA 10/16/97
Connecticut State Attorney General's Official Hearing on Lyme Disease
Informal Guide to Appealing Health Insurance Claims
The National Health Insurance Action Network
insure.com - The Consumer Insurance Guide
State Insurance Department Health Contacts
Alaska Division of Insurance
Disability claims and Lyme disease
MEDLINE - disability claim, etc. AND Lyme disease - 1 on 9 Mar 00
Fighting Back And Winning, Social Security Disability Benefits, Patrizia Ahlers-Johnson, 1997
Lyme disease takes a bite out of the work force, NY JournalNews.com, 2000
HAZARD ALERT- Lyme Disease in Construction - Center to Protect Workers' Rights
ERISA Disability Litigation - How To Sue Your LTD Insurance Carrier w/o an Attorney
Invisible Disabilities Advocate-Chronic Illness
NOSSCR Online - Questions about Social Security Disability
The Disability Benefits Information Page
Disinissues - Discussion List for Disability Insurance Issues
Welcome to WeMedia.com - disabilities, etc.
Social Security Disability Benefits, a speech given by Mr. Mark Jay Grossman, Esq
Handling Disability Examinations, David A. Hall, M.D.
Sample Social Security Disability Application
Health costs, prescription assistance, and Lyme Disease
MEDLINE - health care costs AND Lyme disease - 9 on 9 Mar 00
MEDLINE - costs AND Lyme disease - 66 on 9 Mar 00
Lyme Disease Generates Major Health Care Costs, Skin & Allergy News, Jan99 [funded by SKB]
Accessing Free Medication - The Patient's Advocate
MHCR - Medication Assistance Programs
Patient Assistance Program - Glaxo Wellcome
Access Project: Patient Assistance Programs
Indigent Prescription Programs
Managed care and Lyme disease
MEDLINE - managed care AND Lyme disease - 2 on 9 Mar 00
HMOs looking for way out of paying for Lyme disease, The Consumer Insurance Guide
Managed Care: Who is the Patsy?, Robert C. Bransfield, M.D
insure.com - HMOs looking for way out of paying for Lyme disease
Ticked Off, The Village Voice, December 16 - 22, 1998
Appealing Denials
Medical Necessity
The HMO Page
Managed Care Central
How to Play HMO Hardball
Health Administration Responsibility Project (HARP) Home Page
Patient advocacy and other health care consumer organizations
The Center for Patient Advocacy
Families USA - the Voice for Health Care Consumers
Healthcare Advocates
See also
Law and Lyme Disease
Activism by Lyme Disease Patients
Politics of Lyme Disease - Federal Bills on Lyme Disease
For more information on Lyme disease see:
Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease
Comments or questions concerning this page should be directed to
Art Doherty.
Last updated on 9 June 2000 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
doherty@utech.net