Since every plan is different, it’s important to take the time to read your health insurance plan and ask questions to learn more about what’s covered.
– Jill Pollander, RN
Vice president of patient services, National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Advocacy
As I started to encounter barriers to getting health care, I immediately tried to figure out how to overcome them and help make changes that would make things easier for myself and others with MG.
– Laura Chandler
MG patient advocate who was diagnosed with MG in 2019
My Experience
People who offer advice need to be careful because sometimes, when you say, ‘If you just cut out this’ or ‘If you just did that,’ it sounds like you think it’s our fault, like I somehow caused myself to get this disease.
– Drea Carbone
Diagnosed with MG in 2017
My Experience
There’s a lot of stigma in the Black community about admitting you have a health condition.
– Ashley Brooks
Diagnosed with MG in 2017
Expert View
The last decade has been transformative for the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG).
– Richard J. Nowak, MD
Director of the Myasthenia Gravis Clinic, Yale School of Medicine; Chief Medical Advisor, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
