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kickysnana

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1. If this were anywhere but America this would be good news.
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 12:28 PM
Jan 2013

Here that means that the insurance company is free to give only the least amount of therapy it took to help anyone and since sometimes what looks like one thing is not you will find yourself getting three treatments.

How do I know. Since the beginning of time it took 6 weeks of strong antibiotic therapy to cure spirochetal disease. You can knock down some the symptoms with less treatment and then it can go dormant and come back later when the immune system is compromised. So for Lyme the current IDS guidelines are one antibiotic pill for a tick attached over 24 hours. If you don't get that treatment and become symptomatic AND test positive for Lyme (only 33% of people who have Lyme test positive) then you get 2 weeks. If you argue you can get two more weeks but are labeled Munchhausen, or pill seeking and everyone treats you like a problem before you open your mouth.

To think we used to be 1st in health care not that long ago. Thanks Reagan, Bush, etc, etc.

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