Obama supports preventive care & chiropractic

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Is his current view the same?

 

Jane

 

Obama supports preventive care & chiropractic

 

Dear Friends: Nov. 18, 2008Doctors of chiropractic now make up over 60,000 licensed professionals in all fifty states,and care for millions of Americans every year. Almost a quarter of Iowans receivequality chiropractic care every year. As you know, chiropractic care is low-cost, drugfree,noninvasive, and has been shown to have a positive impact on patients' health. Ibelieve steps should be taken to acknowledge the important care chiropractors provide,and knock down unreasonable barriers of access and discriminatory insurance coveragethat stand between so many patients and the care they need.I have a plan to support doctors of chiropractic. First, I support expanding the range ofchiropractic services covered by Medicare. Medicare currently provides reimbursementonly for chiropractic adjustments, even though doctors of chiropractic are trained andlicensed in all fifty states to provide a range of other Medicare-covered services. Isupport reimbursement reform that will reward and reimburse those who deliver highquality care and whose patients achieve good health outcomes, without restrictionsagainst chiropractors or other health care professionals licensed to provide such care.Second, I recognize that neither the Department of Veterans Affairs nor the Departmentof Defense has achieved full integration of the services of doctors of chiropractic intotheir health systems despite direction from Congress. I support careful examination intothe policy and practical barriers that restrict access to such services in order to remedythis problem.Third, I support commissioning doctors of chiropractic as officers in the UniformedCorps of the U.S. Public Health Service. The U.S. Public Health Service CommissionedCorps is comprised of approximately 6,000 public health professionals dedicated todelivering the nation's public health promotion and disease prevention programs andadvancing public health science. Given the critical role that doctors of chiropractic servein each of these functions, I believe that we should commission chiropractors as officersin the Uniformed Corps.Finally, under the universal health care plan I have proposed, Americans will have accessto a public insurance plan that will include comprehensive coverage, including allessential health care benefits. Benefits that are evidence-based or meet the currentaccepted standard of care would be eligible for coverage, and as such many, if not all,chiropractic services provided by doctors of chiropractic would be included in the publicbenefit package.My health plan also prioritizes preventive care, and chiropractors play a significant rolein this effort. As we shift our health care delivery system towards a culture of wellnessand disease prevention, I believe that chiropractors must play an integral role inexpanding access to preventive care and strengthening our public health system.I look forward to discussing these important issues with you over the course of the nextseveral months.Sincerely,Barack Obama

http://blog.parksidechiro.com/2008/11/obamas-letter-to-chiropractors.html

 

 

 

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Obama will support anything that the government can control through universal healthcare--- On Tue, 1/27/09, Jane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote:

Jane MacRoss <highfield1 Obama supports preventive care & chiropractic Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 10:57 PM

 

 

 

Is his current view the same?

 

Jane

 

Obama supports preventive care & chiropractic

 

Dear Friends: Nov. 18, 2008Doctors of chiropractic now make up over 60,000 licensed professionals in all fifty states,and care for millions of Americans every year. Almost a quarter of Iowans receivequality chiropractic care every year. As you know, chiropractic care is low-cost, drugfree,noninvasive, and has been shown to have a positive impact on patients' health. Ibelieve steps should be taken to acknowledge the important care chiropractors provide,and knock down unreasonable barriers of access and discriminatory insurance coveragethat stand between so many patients and the care they need.I have a plan to support doctors of chiropractic. First, I support expanding the range

ofchiropractic services covered by Medicare. Medicare currently provides reimbursementonly for chiropractic adjustments, even though doctors of chiropractic are trained andlicensed in all fifty states to provide a range of other Medicare-covered services. Isupport reimbursement reform that will reward and reimburse those who deliver highquality care and whose patients achieve good health outcomes, without restrictionsagainst chiropractors or other health care professionals licensed to provide such care.Second, I recognize that neither the Department of Veterans Affairs nor the Departmentof Defense has achieved full integration of the services of doctors of chiropractic intotheir health systems despite direction from Congress. I support careful examination intothe policy and practical barriers that restrict access to such services in order to remedythis problem.Third, I support commissioning doctors of

chiropractic as officers in the UniformedCorps of the U.S. Public Health Service. The U.S. Public Health Service CommissionedCorps is comprised of approximately 6,000 public health professionals dedicated todelivering the nation's public health promotion and disease prevention programs andadvancing public health science. Given the critical role that doctors of chiropractic servein each of these functions, I believe that we should commission chiropractors as officersin the Uniformed Corps.Finally, under the universal health care plan I have proposed, Americans will have accessto a public insurance plan that will include comprehensive coverage, including allessential health care benefits. Benefits that are evidence-based or meet the currentaccepted standard of care would be eligible for coverage, and as such many, if not all,chiropractic services provided by doctors of chiropractic would be included in the

publicbenefit package.My health plan also prioritizes preventive care, and chiropractors play a significant rolein this effort. As we shift our health care delivery system towards a culture of wellnessand disease prevention, I believe that chiropractors must play an integral role inexpanding access to preventive care and strengthening our public health system.I look forward to discussing these important issues with you over the course of the nextseveral months.Sincerely,Barack Obama

http://blog. parksidechiro. com/2008/ 11/obamas- letter-to- chiropractors. html

 

 

 

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