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In support of the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COSCA) and the 2009 Chiropractic Summit, the ICA is issuing a "Call-to-Action" for all chiropractors and patients throughout the United States to write President Obama. The following is a united plea.
It is imperative that you take IMMEDIATE ACTION to help ensure that services provided by Doctors of Chiropractic are fully protected in any final legislation likely to emerge from Congress.
Specifically, we must:
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Guarantee that essential services delivered by a Doctor of Chiropractic are included as a covered benefit under any national reform plan.
- 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 health care services from doctors of chiropractic without barriers and limitations that unfairly restrict their freedom of choice.
- 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!
Please send all three forms of communications (i.e.: email, letter and fax) to President Obama. You may edit your message. Feel free to use your own words and to express your personal experiences. You should keep it short. This is an example with a personal statement:
I have been a chiropractic patient all my life and am currently a chiropractor, in Milpitas, California.
Please protect essential chiropractic services under any Health Care Reform, likely to emerge from Congress. Please ensure direct access to services, without any barrier or limitation such as a requirement for an MD-referral.
Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Sincerely,
James E. Musick, D.C., FICA,
International Chairman, Congressional District Directors
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