ACTION ALERT: Letters for Lyme Bill & Hearing-land

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Letters are being requested from EVERYONE in support of this

important bill! See below for details. Additionally, all who can get to

polis, MD are encouraged to attend the hearing March 10. A webpage has

been set up for information as it becomes available. Additional details

about the hearing will be provided tomorrow.

Please see: http://www.lymeinfo.net/marylandlymedisease.html

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FROM: Lyme Disease Education and Support Groups of land

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE:

LYME DISEASE BILL SB596

land Senators Colburn, Dyson, s and Stolzfus have recently

introduced a comprehensive Lyme Disease Bill. The bill, # SB596, has

basically been designed to provide necessary treatment for those with Lyme

and other tick borne diseases. It will permit physicians to properly treat

patients without being unjustly persecuted or being required to adhere to

restrictive or outdated guidelines, and will provide basic insurance

coverage for treatment.

Lyme Disease Bill SB596:

http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/bills/sb/sb0596f.pdf

HEARING SCHEDULED FOR LYME DISEASE BILL:

A public hearing has been scheduled for March 10, 2005 for 1:00 PM. The

hearing will be conducted in the Senate Office Building in polis,

MD.

The Lyme Disease Education and Support Groups of land encourages

everyone who has an interest in the growing problems surrounding Lyme

disease and those who would like to support the bill, to attend the hearing

and/or submit a letter or written testimony supporting the bill.

Opponents to the bill will be mainly concerned with two topics; the

insurance provision covering long term treatment and the physician

protection issues. We need to address both of these topics when we contact

the Senators.

Please be sure that your letters reach the Senator's offices by March 8,

2005.

To locate the Senator's email addresses please see the web site below or the

list at the end of this message.

http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/sendist.html

Letters of support for the Lyme Disease Bill can be mailed to:

Lynette Kenny

Senator F. Colburn

315 Senate Office Building

polis, MD 21401

Or you may also fax your letter to Senator Colburn's office.

FAX Number, 410-841-3087

For questions concerning the bill or the hearing, please contact Senator

Colburn's office at 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3590

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TIPS FOR LETTERS:

Briefly tell the politicians how Lyme disease has affected you and/or your

family. Tell the politicians we all need help! It does not have to be long

and detailed. To help them understand our situation, please include the

following information.

1. The difficulty getting a doctor to properly diagnose or treat you.

Approximately how many did you see? If you live in land, did you have to

go out of state for treatment?

2. How long were you sick before getting a diagnosis? What were you

misdiagnosed with prior to a proper diagnosis?

3. Insurance problems you have had. The cost to you and your family in

dollars (estimate).

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Email addresses for land Senators:

allan.kittleman@..., delores_kelley@...,

paula_colodny_hollinger@...,

edward_kasemeyer@..., sandra_schrader@...,

rona_kramer@..., rob_garagiola@...,

john_hafer@..., donald_munson@...,

alex_mooney@..., david_brinkley@...,

larry_haines@..., norman_stone@...,

andrew_harris@..., katherine_klausmeier@...,

brian_frosh@..., jennie_forehand@...,

sharon_grosfeld@..., leonard_teitelbaum@...,

ida_ruben@..., john_giannetti@...,

paul_pinsky@..., leogreen@...,

nathaniel_exum@..., ulysses_currie@...,

gloria_gary_lawlah@...,

thomas_v_mike_miller@...,

thomas_mclain_middleton@...,

roy_dyson@..., john_astle@...,

mailphilip_jimeno@..., james_degrange@...,

janet_greenip@..., nancy_jacobs@...,

robert_hooper@..., EJ_Pipkin@...,

richard_colburn@..., lowell_stoltzfus@...,

patrick_hogan@..., ralph_hughes@...,

lisa_gladden@..., jim_brochin@...,

joan_carter_conway@..., verna_jones@...,

nathaniel_mcfadden@..., george_della@...,

gwendolyn_britt@...

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From The land Groups:

http://www.lymeinfo.net/marylandlymedisease.html

Transportation to the Hearing

Busses will be available to transport those wishing to make the trip to

polis on March 10, 2005. One bus is scheduled to leave Harford County,

land and one will head north from the lower eastern shore of land. The

eastern shore bus will make stops in Cambridge and Easton in route to the

state's capital.

To sign up for the bus leaving Harford County, please contact Galbreath at

JGLYME@...

To sign up for the bus trip from the eastern shore, please contact The Lyme

Disease Association Eastern Shore of land at LymeDAESM@...