Dear Friends and Networkers,
The “Access to Medical Treatment Act (S.578/H.R. 746)” is on the floor of congress. It is the most important piece of legislation affecting your right to seek “alternative healthcare” since the 1920s, when the Rockefeller funded Flexner Report all but killed non-pharmaceutical based treatments.
The following is some information passed along by Dannion Brinkley of “Compassion in Action” (who is currently in the hospital, just had open heart and brain surgery, and needs your prayers) and Dr. Len Horowitz, the author of “Emerging Viruses: AIDS & Ebola.” Key congress people to contact and sample letters are included for your convenience:
Legislation Requiring Your Support
Title: Access to Medical Treatment Act (S.578/H.R. 746)
Issue: Ensuring access on a national level to alternative physicians and therapies.
Summary: The “Access to Medical Treatment Act (AMTA) allows individuals to
be treated by a health care practitioner with any medical treatment (including
a medical treatment not approved, certified or licensed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) that the individual desires if:
(a) the practitioner has personally examined the individual and agrees to
treat the individual,
(b) administration of treatment does not violate licensing laws,
(c) the treatment, when used as directed, presents no danger to the individual,
(d) the individual has been informed in writing that the treatment has not approved by the federal government,
(e) the individual has been warned in writing that the treatment has not been declared safe and effective by the federal government, and the individual is proceeding at his or her own risk,
(f) the individual has been informed in writing of the contents, methods, benefits, side effects, past results, and any other information necessary to meet the requirement for informed consent.
Critical Senators & Representatives to Contact:
Senate Labor and Human Resource Committee
James M. Jefforts (VT) Chairman
Dan Coats (IN)
Judd Gregg (NH)
Bill Frist (TN)
Mike De Wine (OH)
Michael B. Enzi (WY)
Tim Hutchinson (AR)
Susan Collins (ME)
John W. Warner (VA)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Christopher J. Dodd (CT)
Edward M. Kennedy (MA) Ranking Member
Barbara A. Mikulski (MD)
Jeff Bingman (NM)
Paul D. Wellstone (MN)
Patty Murray (WA)
Jack Reed (RI)
Representative on the House Commerce Committee – Subcommittee on Health & Environment
Michael Bilirakis (FL) Chairman
Sherrod Brown (OH) Ranking Member
Joseph Barton (TX)
J.D. Hastert (IL)
Scott Klug (WI)
Jim Greenwood (PA)
Nathan Deal (GA)
Richard Burr (NC)
Brian Bilbray (CA)
Edward Whitfield (KY)
Greg Ganske (IA)
Charles Norwood (GA)
Tom Coburn (OK)
Rick A. Lazio (NY)
Barbara Cubin (WY)
Fred Upton (MI)
Gene Green (TX)
Henry A. Waxman (CA)
Ralph M. Hall (TX)
Edolphus Towns (NY)
Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ)
Elizabeth Furse (OR)
Peter Deutsch (FL)
Anna G. Eshoo (CA)
Bart Stupak (MI)
Ted Strickland (OH)
Diana DeGette (CO0
Gene Green (TX)
Sample letter(s) of support
Sen. __________
The Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(Rep.____________
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Sen. ____________
I urge you to support the “Access to Medicine Treatment Act” (S.578).
I believe every patient has a right to obtain various treatment
options when conventional methods fail or after adequately gaining
information as to the risk/benefits of traditional and alternative
treatments.
Please protect my right to choose the best healthcare delivery system
by passing this legislation. If you have not done so already,
please cosponsor this important legislation.
Signature _________________
Name (print)_______________
Address___________________
____________________
____________________
For a list of your local Senators and Representatives along with their email addresses, please link to the Leggs Political Action Page through
http://www.tetrahedron.org
or to locate which Representative/District is yours by Zip Code on the
internet, link to http://www. visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html
or call the Compassion in Action office at (213) 931-7315.