Do you want your voice heard?
Write your elected representative about your concerns regarding health care reform. Here is a sample letter:
Dear Senator
The many viable but separate health care interests competing for representation have served to fragment the discussion of health care policy. Unifying the most viable elements could produce a higher quality, cost effective system for all Americans.
Please allow me to outline some key points regarding this aspect of the health care debate:
I support the International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK), a non-partisan clinical research and membership organization of MD's, chiropractors, osteopaths, dentists and other doctors who utilize many alternative therapies.
These three key points must be considered and properly represented in any health care discussions:
1. Alternative therapies are best seen as a complement to conventional medicine. This complementary approach is the missing ingredient in efficient cost saving and truly comprehensive health care.
2. This solution is achievable with a unification of viable alternative therapies, rather than numerous, separate techniques. The group I support has spent the past thirty years working to understand how the alternative therapies can be drawn together. They have turned these separate and competing therapies into a single unified whole, enabling one doctor to effectively administer a specific alternative therapy, or in many cases several therapies, based on the individual requirements of the patient.
3. The cost effectiveness of alternative care and the cost savings which result from a healthier population are significant and well established.
Increasing health and quality of life are crucial for lowering costs. Less sick time means a more productive work force. A healthier old age means more productive years and a shorter less expensive course of illness before death.
A 1993 New England Journal of Medicine article showed that 85 million Americans use alternative therapies mostly educated, higher income, middle aged individuals. This large group of voters is very concerned about its choice in health care. It should be noted that over 80% of the therapies mentioned in this survey, are utilized, taught and researched by the ICAK.
I do not support any one particular alternative group, but rather the unification of all viable alternative therapies. And because of this interdisciplinary approach using these methods, I am among the millions of Americans who use these therapies. We believe that our representation is crucial to the success of any health care reform, which seeks an efficient, cost effective, comprehensive health care plan.
Sincerely,