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August 2009 In This Issue: |
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NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE - by Dr. Gary Walsemann, ICA President
Before breaking for the August recess, the three committees in the House of Representatives that have jurisdiction over the health care reform bill H.R. 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act marked-up, voted on, and passed slightly differing versions of the bill. These three committees—the Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce committees—each produced somewhat unique versions of legislation, which have yet to be reconciled. The Energy and Commerce committee still has around 50 amendments to vote on when they return in September. ICA plans to be very active when that committee reconvenes, aggressively pushing our amendments on behalf of chiropractic practitioners and patients. In the Senate, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed their version of legislation on July 15th. Despite the fact that approximately 160 amendments offered by Republican Senators passed, their version of the bill is considered extremely partisan. Republicans note that maybe two of those amendments made any changes to content, while the rest dealt with technical issues. Thus, much hope has been placed on the Senate Finance Committee. Led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (MT), six Senators deemed “the coalition of the willing” have been working to produce a bi-partisan bill. There have only been whispers about what their legislation might look like, but it will probably offer non-profit cooperatives instead of the public option, potentially strike the employer mandate in favor of the individual mandate, and avoid any taxes on the wealthy to pay for the reform. Chairman Baucus has said that their legislation will be completed by September 15th. The Senate and House will respectively be faced with the task of reconciling the differing legislations within their own committees. Then, a conference committee will have to reconcile the final legislation produced by each Congressional body. As perfecting the legislation will surely take a fair amount of time, there is still much work to be done before a final bill will be produced. This legislation, like chiropractic’s aspirations in it, has a long way to go. The national chiropractic organizations, working through a profession-wide coalition, The Chiropractic Summit, continue to work for solid anti-discrimination language, amendments to preserve the private pay option for the cash-paying patient, to preserve the protections in the state-enacted insurance equality laws and other key points. You can join in this vital effort through the Internet based grass roots lobbying program www.AdjustTheVote.org. Your help is urgently needed." |
"The
battle for chiropractic’s future is raging -- in
Congress, in the media, in the insurance industry, in
the minds of consumers and on the frontiers of the
world, and the outcome is far from certain. Here is an
update on the current status of health care reform
legislation in Congress. 
Dr.
Sid Williams, founder and initial President of Life
University, which became the largest Chiropractic
University ever established, has release a new
groundbreaking book entitled, "THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
STARTS IN THE HEART". |
Swine Flu Vaccine Should Not Be Given to Children in Schools The above is the headline from a July 22, 2009 release from the National Vaccine Information Center, (NVIC). Along with this article is a video by Barbra Loe Fisher, founder and president of the non-profit NVIC, an organization designed to provide information of vaccinations to the general public.
In the video, Ms. Loe Fisher calls for more proof, "The National Vaccine Information Center has been a vaccine safety watchdog since 1982. We are questioning the need to turn schools into medical clinics this fall where swine flu vaccines being rushed to market will be given to children first. We are calling on the Obama Administration and state Governors to provide solid evidence to parents that it is necessary to give children experimental swine flu vaccines in schools." The original NVIC article and video can be seen here (http://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/July-2009/Swine-Flu-Vaccine-Should-Not-Be-Given-to-Children.aspx). |
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