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Meetings:
As Announced
President:
Hilary Patzer
Advisor:
John
Pirog
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The AAAOM-SO is currently working on two issues, to find
out more information, please click on the links:
- National
Legislation - The Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act HR1479
- Local Legislation -
Equal access
National Legislation: For more information on this issue
visit aaaomonline.org/45200.asp#lu and
click on the outdated but informative link “Federal
Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2005 (HR818).”
To find your representative go to www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml and
click on “Find Your Representative” in the
upper left corner.
Here is an example of a letter you can send to your representative
asking them to support HR1479:
To Whom It May Concern:
Please co-sponsor HR 1479, the Federal Acupuncture Coverage
Act of 2007
As an acupuncture [provider/practitioner] in your district,
I urge you to co-sponsor the Federal Acupuncture Coverage
Act. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Maurice Hinchey,
would add an acupuncture benefit to Medicare and the Federal
Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plan.
I am one of the millions of Americans who know how effective
acupuncture can be in treating chronic pain, addiction,
and respiratory and digestive ailments. Both publicly and
privately sponsored research confirm its benefits and the
National Institutes of Health is continuing to study the
effective applications of acupuncture.
For patients in search of safe, holistic treatments with
little or no side effects, acupuncture has become an integral
part of their health care regime. It is a safe, effective
and inexpensive alternative to Western medicine. That's
why more than 70 percent of the nation's insurers now cover
some acupuncture treatments.
Please support the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act, which
would give federal employees, seniors and the disabled
the freedom to choose acupuncture.
Sincerely,
Local Legislation: If this bill passed, it
would ensure equal access to all licensed acupuncturists.
For more information on this issue visit http://www.aomam.org/legislative.htm and
click on “One-Pager.”
To contact your state senator or representative on this
issue visit http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html
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