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Article: The coming battles over long-haul COVID-19 and long-term disability

As millions of people grapple with COVID-19 infections, the medical community has learned more about the symptoms associated with periods of acute...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 23, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19)
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Swiss Re: Expert Forum on secondary COVID-19 impacts, Feb 2021

Expert Forum on secondary COVID-19 impacts Virtual Expert Forum with internal and external experts addressed the diagnosis, management, and...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 4, 2021, 66 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19)
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Rhetorical work and medical authority: Constructing convincing cases in insurance medicine, 2020, Rasmussen

Highlights • Absent but expected biomedical evidence cause problems of trust and credibility. • General practitioners (GPs) face such problems as...

Thread by: Andy, Sep 15, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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Dr Myhill unable to prescribe

A friend alerted me to the following that has been posted on Dr Sarah Myhill’s facebook page VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE - LOSS OF PRESCRIPTION RIGHTS...

Thread by: Peter Trewhitt, Aug 9, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: ME/CFS Doctors
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Conference June 2020 Food for Thought Health and Nutrition BMJ and SwissRE

BMJ working with Swiss Re: In 2018, The BMJ and Swiss Re Institute worked together to publish a landmark series of articles on the science and...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Jun 29, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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Next week: Navigating Public and Private Disability Insurance with ME/CFS

2nd Annual EmPOWER M.E. Roundtable: Navigating Public and Private Disability Insurance with ME/CFS [IMG] We're less than a week away from...

Thread by: Emily Taylor, Apr 14, 2020, 4 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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Anger over Unum sponsorship of ‘Superhero’ triathlon event

August 8, 2019 A retired Paralympian organising a mass participation disability sports event has defended accepting sponsorship from a company...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 20, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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July Solve ME Webinar: Disability Insurance for ME/CFS

Disability Insurance Attorney Andrew Kantor from Kantor & Kantor, LLP joins us to explain the ins and outs of filing for disability under an ERISA...

Thread by: Emily Taylor, Jun 17, 2019, 8 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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Rogue company Unum’s profiteering hand in the government’s work, health and disability green paper (2016) (ME mentioned)

Rogue company Unum’s profiteering hand in the government’s work, health and disability green paper...

Thread by: Dolphin, Apr 30, 2019, 6 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS News
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How payments from insurance companies might potentially bias proponents of CBT and/or GET for ME/CFS (such as the PACE Trial investigators)

NHS Health Research Authority: "It is not clear what ‘personal gain’ the investigators stood to make from the trial and, in particular, it is not...

Thread by: Tom Kindlon, Feb 7, 2019, 34 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
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Stat News: Tuller & Lubet: The medical community is changing its mind on chronic fatigue syndrome. Why aren’t insurers?

Brian Vastag was enjoying a life that many people would envy. At age 41, he had achieved professional success as an award-winning health and...

Thread by: Andy, Jul 19, 2018, 22 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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Experiences with Insurance Companies

Moderator note: Please be aware that this thread is not in the Members Only Section and therefore content is available to search engines. I have...

Thread by: Sbag, Jun 16, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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Canada: Woman With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Denied Disability Benefits

In Chicago Evening Post: "TORONTO, ON, CANADA – 06-05-2018 (Press Release Jet) — Like many people, Faith always assumed if she fell ill she would...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Jun 9, 2018, 11 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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Ex-Reporter Prevails In ERISA Suit Against Prudential

Law360 (June 1, 2018, 5:33 PM EDT) -- A New Jersey federal judge sided with a former Washington Post science reporter with chronic fatigue...

Thread by: Cheshire, Jun 2, 2018, 30 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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Emerge Australia submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Emerge Australia submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Last week Emerge Australia made a...

Thread by: Andy, Mar 5, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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Guardian: "People with mental illnesses refused access to insurance cover"

Insurers have been accused of depriving access to life insurance and other kinds of cover to people with depression and anxiety, even for physical...

Thread by: Andy, Jan 20, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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Centre for Welfare Reform: "Deleted BBC News Item on Unum"

In 2007 the BBC covered the fact that the DWP were getting advice on disability benefits from a US insurance company - Unum. Both the BBC News...

Thread by: Andy, Jan 5, 2018, 9 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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Per Fink - speaker at Swiss Re Ins Summit 15 - 17 Nov 2017

I think Peter White was due to speak at this (?) [MEDIA] But they seem to have had Per Fink..... Per Fink Head of Research and Chief...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 20, 2017, 21 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS News

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