Inside Albany TV Segment on NY Hearings

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I just saw the Inside Albany TV program. I is a PBS show seen weekly for many

years. It reaches lower NY state. The show is also given on a Long Island

station. It is a mainstay of PBS and seen by those who are most politically

involved.

The piece n Lyme was very good. It taled about the treatment controversy, put

the spotlight on insurers and the OPMC as the " bad guys " . Pat was shown

giving tesimony briefly. Dr. Liegner- a NY LLMD and - an

Assembly member championing our cause- were interviewed at lenght. Both were

excellent. A mild mannered, " nice " looking insurance rep was also showcased

arguing for the other side.There was a brief testy exchange between Mr.

and the insurance representative.

The hosts of the show made comments favorable to the lyme community and they

spoke of the disease spreading upstate as time passes. There was much talk

about the State Halth Department and OPMC's controversial role.

There was something to worry about. The hosts mentioned that there is some

talk the Assembly may attempt to adopt a law similar to the one in

Connecticut-where, to obtain treatment- a specialist- a neurologist, infectious

disease expert, or rheumatologist must make the Lyme diagnosis. While this

worked out ok for Connecticut- it would be disastrous in NY. Such talk first

surfaced in a Poughkeepsie newsaper a few days ago.

The show will be repeated tomorrow morning. You should all consider taping

it. Copies can be obtained but I did not the phone #. They do have a website

but I did not get that either. Inside Albany is given every Saturday at 1:30 so

one could get the phone # and internet sit next week, uness someone has it and

can post it. The entire segment lasted about 12 minutes.

lymeactivist