Beth Ann Schultz is on a mission: inspiring the world to eat better. Beth will join me on Lyme Light Radio this Wednesday to share her story of remission from MS and Lyme disease through eating real foods, giving up her standard American diet of ranch dressing and sodas. You can tune in to hear Beth Ann’s story this Wednesday, January 28 at 4 PM ET.
Katina I Makris, CCH, CIH
Beth Schultz lives in Bend, Oregon with her Husband and two daughters. She was diagnosed with MS and Lyme Disease in 2005. She spent 8 years looking for the magic pill to cure her illness. 40 brain lesions later she was giving up hope. It was then that she met an alternative practitioner who believes all disease comes from toxicity. Clean the body, nourish it with the best foods, and it will heal. While learning about the power of food she found inspiration through Dr. Terry Wahls Ted Talk. After watching the doctor get out of a tilt recline wheelchair using a Paleo diet, Beth committed herself to do the same. As a result, she has been symptom free for over 1 year. She is inspired to let the world know you are what you eat, think, and feel. Be kind and real!
The state of Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the islands, are severely infested with Lyme disease and a rampant tick population. The state has struggled severely, with doctors hands strapped and unable to treat patients properly with prompt and aggressive antibiotic therapy to eliminate a new acute infection of the illness, as well as address the long-term ramifications of longer chronic infections.
Thousands of people in Massachusetts and throughout the world are struggling with this quirky bacteria and its ability to move into multiple systems of the body, causing chronic conditions, many of them of an autoimmune-style and nervous system nature.
Please read this message below about an important bill in process in Massachusetts that would enable doctors to more properly treat individuals without insurance companies controlling them. Thank you Trish McCleary, Enid Haller, and other members of the Lyme disease coalition in Massachusetts for forging ahead with this work. Other states need to replicate your efforts.
The Massachusetts Lyme Coalition says, “This time period is crucial and we need you to reach out to your family members and friends and ask that they contact their legislator and ask him/her to sign on as a co-sponsor to H.D.469. Reps need to hear from their constituents- that is you! So please reach out to your Representative today and ask them to sign on to H.D. 469.”
Friends please pass this blog along.
Sincerely,
Katina Makris, CCH, CIH
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 469 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Paul Linsky
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to Lyme disease treatment coverage.
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PETITION OF:
| Name: |
District/Address: |
| David Paul Linsky |
5th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act relative to Lyme disease treatment coverage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
section 47DD, the following section:
Section 47EE.
(A) For the purposes of this Section, the terms “Lyme disease” and “long-term antibiotic
therapy” are given the same definition as provided in M.G.L. Chapter 112, Section 12DD.
(B) Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth that provides medical expense coverage shall provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy of Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results, or response to treatment. Long-term antibiotic therapy otherwise eligible for benefits pursuant to this section shall not be denied solely because such treatment may be characterized as unproven, experimental, or investigational in nature.
SECTION 2. Chapter 176A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
section 8FF the following section:-
Section 8GG. Any contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which is delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy of Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results or response to treatment.
Treatment otherwise eligible for benefits pursuant to this section shall not be denied solely because such treatment may be characterized as unproven, experimental, or investigational in nature.
SECTION 4. Chapter 176B of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4FF, the following section:-
Section 4GG. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement delivered, issued, or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide coverage for
long-term antibiotic therapy of Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results or response to treatment. Treatment otherwise eligible for benefits pursuant to this section shall not be denied solely because such treatment may be characterized as unproven, experimental, or investigational in nature.
SECTION 5. Chapter 176G of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
section 4X the following section:-
Section 4Y. Any individual or group health maintenance contract shall provide coverage
for long-term antibiotic therapy of Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results or response to treatment. Treatment otherwise eligible for benefits pursuant to this section shall not be denied solely because such treatment may be characterized as unproven, experimental, or investigational in nature.
Beth Schultz lives in Bend, Oregon with her Husband and two daughters. She was diagnosed with MS and Lyme Disease in 2005. She spent 8 years looking for the magic pill to cure her illness. 40 brain lesions later she was giving up hope. It was then that she met an alternative practitioner who believes all disease comes from toxicity. Clean the body, nourish it with the best foods, and it will heal. While learning about the power of food she found inspiration through Dr. Terry Wahls Ted Talk. After watching the doctor get out of a tilt recline wheelchair using a Paleo diet, Beth committed herself to do the same. As a result, she has been symptom free for over 1 year. She is inspired to let the world know you are what you eat, think, and feel. Be kind and real!
Sharon Lynn has owned and operated Mountain States Health Products (MHP) since April of 1990. MHP is a nutraceuticals distributor to the health care practitioner nationwide. Sharon is the co-Creator of the MHP product line of homeopathic formulas and specialty nutraceuticals.
Katina I. Makris 