Chiropractic Summit V issues call to action
Chiropractic Summit V issues call to action
May 20, 2009
Chiroeco.com
May 20, 2009 — Chiropractic Summit V, which convened May 14 in Washington, D.C., has issued this historic CALL TO ACTION to the chiropractic profession, urging every doctor of chiropractic, state association, chiropractic student and chiropractic patient, to represent chiropractic in the national health reform debate.
This unified nationwide call follows an intensive day-long Summit session in which members of congress, congressional staff, and key leaders in chiropractic and in public policy examined the precise state of national healthcare reform discussions to determine how and where the chiropractic profession will be most effective in directing messages of concern and calls for inclusion in any reform program.
It is imperative to take immediate action to help ensure your interests and those of your patients are fully protected in any final legislation likely to emerge from Congress.
Specifically, we must:
A) Guarantee that essential services delivered by a DC are included as a covered benefit under any national reform plan.
B) Ensure that all plans (including Medicare) allow for full direct access
to the providers and health care pathways of their choice. Every patient should have the right to choose and be reimbursed for all healthcare services from DCs without barriers and limitations that unfairly restrict their freedom of choice.
C) Defeat any attempt to impose an MD-referral requirement for patients to obtain access to chiropractic care.
This is what you need to do today:
1) Contact your members of Congress (House Member and two U.S. Senators) immediately using ACA's Legislative Action Center or ICA's www.AdjustTheVote.org. At both sites, you can sign on to mobilize your patients and send regular appropriate pre-prepared messages to Congress quickly and efficiently.
2) Contact the President of the United States immediately via www.HealthReform.gov and write a letter expressing your personal wishes regarding chiropractic inclusion in any reform proposal. Address your letter to:
Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
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