Guest guest Posted June 1, 2000 Report Share Posted June 1, 2000 earlier this week, a form letter and senate/congress addresses were emailed to you, but the blocks complete email addresses, so I have posted the letters and addresses at the following two links. use as you please. pass this bill, write off your loans and go enjoy country living, at last. http://www.spiritone.com/~herb-t/senate.html http://www.spiritone.com/~herb-t/congress.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 > Resent-< > Jack Miller <jmiller > January 30, 2005 11:30:32 AM PST > <faculty-sd > FW: Loan forgiveness > > This is what we could do if we worked together. > > Jack Miller, L.Ac., M.A. (Educ.) > President/CEO > Pacific College of Oriental Medicine > jmiller > www.pacificcollege.edu > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2004 > > Congress Directs $2 Million to Chiropractic Student Loan Program > > Arlington, Va. (Dec. 17, 2004) - President Bush signed into law > on Dec. > 8 legislation that includes a directive from Congress to provide $2 > million > in funding to expand and extend a pilot program allowing doctors of > chiropractic to participate in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) > student loan repayment program. The chiropractic provision, contained > in the > conference report to accompany HR 4818, was sponsored by Senators Tom > Harkin > (D-Iowa) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), and backed by the American > Chiropractic > Association (ACA) and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC). > > " This is yet another important milestone in the ACA's battle to > ensure > that chiropractic care is fully included in all federal health care > programs, " said ACA President Donald Krippendorf, DC. " Doctors of > chiropractic belong in the National Health Service Corps because we > have a > unique and important role to play in providing millions of Americans in > underserved areas with the care they need. Thanks to Tom Harkin and > Arlen > Specter -- two great leaders who understand the value of chiropractic > to the > nation's health care system -- there will be new opportunities for DCs > and > better health care for patients. " > > " This a great victory, particularly for the chiropractic college > students who are ready, willing and able to serve in the NHSC, " said > Jean > Moss, DC, president of ACC and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic > College. > " This is an historic time on the campuses of our chiropractic colleges > - > with not only the new funding for the chiropractic program in the > National > Health Service Corps, but also the increasing role of doctors of > chiropractic in the veterans and military health care systems and the > potential to end decades of anti-chiropractic discrimination in > Medicare > through the Medicare Chiropractic Demonstration Project. " > > In 2002, Congress approved ACC- and ACA-backed legislation > establishing > a special pilot program to assess the impact of making chiropractic > care > more available in communities served by the National Health Service > Corps. > Under this program in 2003, eight DCs who had entered into employment > contracts with eligible community health centers around the United > States > and submitted applications to the government were selected to serve as > the > first chiropractors in the NHSC student loan repayment program. These > DCs > began receiving tax-exempt student loan reimbursements up to $25,000 > per > year to continue during a two- or three-year service commitment. > > Following selection of this initial group of DCs, from a pool of > about > 90 applicants, NHSC officials unexpectedly -- and counter to their > orders > from Capitol Hill -- announced that the program was closed and would be > evaluated without additional groups of DCs being added. The ACA and ACC > vigorously protested this decision and worked together not just to > overturn > it, but also to support new legislation to expand and extend > chiropractic > participation in the NHSC and the student loan repayment program. The > ACA/ACC advocacy effort - launched officially at the National > Chiropractic > Legislative Conference in March 2004 - successfully secured support > from > Senators Harkin and Specter, Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) and other > pro-chiropractic leaders in Congress and culminated with final > approval by > Congress of the conference report on HR 4818 on Dec. 6, 2004. > > Earlier this year, after hearing from ACA members, the Senate > Appropriations Committee voted on Sept. 15 to register concern about > the > handling of the NHSC chiropractic pilot and approved a funding > directive to > expand and extend the program. The Appropriations panel's report to > accompany the FY 2005 appropriations measure for the Department of > Health > and Human Services states: > " ...The Committee is concerned that funding provided for this > demonstration > in fiscal year 2003 resulted in only eight chiropractic demonstrations > nationwide. The purpose of the demonstration program was to collect > data on > comprehensive patient outcomes associated with community health > centers that > provided chiropractic services … the Committee believes that eight > chiropractors is not a statistically significant figure and conclusions > cannot be safely drawn from this part of the demonstration. Therefore, > the > Committee expects HRSA to use these funds to conduct another > demonstration > on a cohort of exclusively chiropractors and report to the committee > on the > findings. " > > The NHSC, administered by an agency within the U.S. Department of > Health and Human Services, assists medically underserved communities to > recruit and retain primary care clinicians, including dental and > mental and > behavioral health professionals, to serve in their community. More than > 23,000 health professionals have served with NHSC since 1972. Current > field > strength totals more than 2,700 clinicians/health care professionals > whose > careers are influencing the outcomes of underserved populations and > communities. Many clinicians have remained in service after fulfilling > their > initial NHSC commitments. > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > Chinese Herbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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