tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post114314597461865866..comments2023-09-18T10:25:26.878-05:00Comments on A Shot in the Dark: A Dangerous BillSandra Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16664436447708465809noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1148499486604827342006-05-24T14:38:00.000-05:002006-05-24T14:38:00.000-05:00Appreciate your blog,mental health consumers are t...Appreciate your blog,mental health consumers are the least capable of self advocacy,my doctors made me take zyprexa for 4 years which was ineffective for my symptoms.I now have a victims support page against Eli Lilly for it's Zyprexa product causing my diabetes.--Daniel Haszard www.zyprexa-victims.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1146444578223723092006-04-30T19:49:00.000-05:002006-04-30T19:49:00.000-05:00I have written to Sen Burr and Dole of North Carol...I have written to Sen Burr and Dole of North Carolina. I wrote both of them when the bill came out of the HELP committee with a 11-9 nay vote. Shortly after the bill came out of the HELP Committee, Senator Burr added his name to the co-sponsor list. Burr is strictly a pro small business Senator but we in North Carolina need to continue to urge him to vote NO on SENATE BILL 1955.<BR/>Senator Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1144705546864607582006-04-10T16:45:00.000-05:002006-04-10T16:45:00.000-05:00I e-mailed my senetors, but I was wondering where ...I e-mailed my senetors, but I was wondering where you found the code for the button you put on your blog? I would like to add it to my blog and website.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564731989568599206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143758608471014432006-03-30T16:43:00.000-06:002006-03-30T16:43:00.000-06:00I hope lots of people with blogs of their own will...I hope lots of people with blogs of their own will spread the news. This is truly an awful bill, and it definitely scares me that so many Americans would have to go back to cutting corners to afford their diabetes treatment supplies. I hope everyone reading this contacts their Senator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143223337056910732006-03-24T12:02:00.000-06:002006-03-24T12:02:00.000-06:00I posted about this a while back but not in the de...I posted about this a while back but not in the detail that you did and really no one cared. I guess I need to be more detailed about my posts. Thanks for doing this, it looks like you have gotten quite a response. If we lose coverage for Daniel or my husband we are sunk. You know what it costs for Daniel, my husbands meds are about $1300 dollars a month, just for his shots. We have to make Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276484548667354919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143217583671130322006-03-24T10:26:00.000-06:002006-03-24T10:26:00.000-06:00It's not only the ADA making a 'crisis' of it, it'...It's not only the ADA making a 'crisis' of it, it's over 35 well-respected health and wellness organizations from across the country. I'd venture a guess that these groups have had their legal departments study the law and that they see the damage it might do. Perhaps it's not this particular piece of legislation that makes for disastrous consequences for people with chronic illnesses and their Nicole Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847231791131970750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143209368064129512006-03-24T08:09:00.000-06:002006-03-24T08:09:00.000-06:00Sandra, I also posted this on my blog last nig...Sandra,<BR/> I also posted this on my blog last night and referred people to your blog and to Nicole's blog. <BR/><BR/>Julia,<BR/> I have emailed both of my senators numerous times. I always get a nice letter in the mail a few weeks later from Senator Burr (be it a form letter). But, I never get a response from Senator Dole.Penny Ratzlaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368479901015692591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143206061971995032006-03-24T07:14:00.000-06:002006-03-24T07:14:00.000-06:00The ADA is making it a crisis in order to get peop...The ADA is making it a crisis in order to get people to act. How many would have called/emailed their senators if the ADA was saying "Well, you know, this could be a bad thing, we're really not sure, so if you want to take action, go ahead." No one would do jack. <BR/><BR/>I emailed both of my senators. I never get an answer from John Kerry, but Ted Kennedy always sends me something - a form Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143161886348812102006-03-23T18:58:00.000-06:002006-03-23T18:58:00.000-06:00Actually, Sandra, that's essentially what I was sa...Actually, Sandra, that's essentially what I was saying when I said "On the contrary, we ought to have a law that doesn't allow ERISA governed insurance the ability to so easily side-step what a majority of the states demand." I guess what I was saying was that we need to revise ERISA so that the self-insured companies <B>can't</B> side-step state laws. So really we're in agreement on that. <BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143158242939685572006-03-23T17:57:00.000-06:002006-03-23T17:57:00.000-06:00scw--While I agree that insurance plans governed b...scw--<BR/><BR/>While I agree that insurance plans governed by ERISA alone are woefully inadequate (because they allow very large companies to avoid state laws governing insurance coverage-- offering no guarantee for coverage of anything related to diabetes), I cannot agree that "the only thing the state laws are doing is hurting smaller businesses who can't self-insure."<BR/><BR/>My husband worksSandra Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664436447708465809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143154557828359752006-03-23T16:55:00.000-06:002006-03-23T16:55:00.000-06:00Actually, it isn't as quite like you think it is. ...Actually, it isn't as quite like you think it is. In some ways, insurance is already like this. For large companies that are able to afford being "self-insured", their plans are generally not governed by state laws anyway. I looked at this when I worked for my previous company and was having trouble getting adequate coverage for my son's pump. ERISA is the problem there. Georgia's State Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143153763944956962006-03-23T16:42:00.000-06:002006-03-23T16:42:00.000-06:00eek. I will put this up on my blog as well - shou...eek. <BR/><BR/>I will put this up on my blog as well - should infuriate the infertility crowd as well, I imagine.<BR/><BR/>and the letter writing commences tonight.art-sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07421342770323258531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11856564.post-1143148000766332462006-03-23T15:06:00.000-06:002006-03-23T15:06:00.000-06:00I saw this on the insulin-pumpers mailing list. I...I saw this on the insulin-pumpers mailing list. It's very scary indeed. Luckily, thanks to the attention being brought to it by people like Sandra, it seems to be getting a lot of opposition. That is quite the list of organizations.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564731989568599206noreply@blogger.com