Insurance

The following resources are designed to assist sufferers of ME/CFS/FM with the problems that arise when you have insurance policies with Insurance companies. Quite often these companies will utilise tactics or approaches designed to avoid the contract that you might have with them, solely because you have ME/CFS/FM.

The illness ME/CFS/FM is a difficult one to prove using conventional medicine, and therefore the companies will take advantage of the ease of contrary views in the Medical Profession. This resource hopes to provide a guide on how to deal with insurance companies and avoid some of the pitfalls that exist.

Occupational Health & Safety is an important, but specific process relevant to ME/CFS/FM people. Be aware that as a person who is particularly sensitive to the environmental conditions around them (which certain people can be with this illness), you may well find yourself affected by the conditions in a way that is detrimental to your health. Such conditions may well be construction, painting, fumes, and the like. If you wish to get change effected, you must contact Occupational Health & Safety in your State (or Federal if it is a Federal institution) and get them to take measures of the environment in order for them to take action on your behalf. Do not rely upon those in control of the site to take action on your complaints. They may well be in breach of the OH&S Act, hence they may not Act if it is likely to lead to prosecution,. Take Action!

Occupational Health & Safety Act 1989 (Cth)