We need your help!
Chiropractic is in crisis. As you may know, within the next few
months, current Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) federal
regulations could be imposed that will allow Medicare managed care
plans to substitute as a benefit spinal manipulation performed by
competitor providers such as medical doctors in place of spinal
manipulation to correct a subluxation performed by chiropractors. This
means millions of patients may be denied their right to receive
chiropractic care!
This crisis involves more than Medicare. In many states, the managed
care regulatory model is utilized by the private sector managed care
plans. This means that chiropractic services, now effectively
eliminated from most Medicare HMOs, could also be eliminated from the
nation's private sector managed care plans!
Let the Battle Begin. The ACA is beginning legal action against these
regulations to keep them from going into effect until they correctly
reflect the will of Congress, which is to ensure that Medicare Part C
beneficiaries have access to chiropractic services by chiropractors.
This lawsuit will be a difficult and expensive undertaking, but it
must be pursued, regardless of cost.
The time is now. We can't afford to wait. According to George
McAndrews, ACA General Counsel and the lead attorney on this case, the
full implications of the new HCFA regulations represent "the most
serious challenge to the welfare of the profession since the AMA
conspiracy to destroy chiropractic."
Please help George McAndrews lead us to victory by contributing today
to our legal action fund and encouraging your colleagues to do the
same. Make your check payable to Legal Action Fund/HCFA Lawsuit and
mail to:
Legal Action Fund/HCFA Lawsuit
Or call us at 1-800-986-4636 to charge the contribution to your credit
card. Every contribution counts! Thank you for your support.
Post Office Box 75359
Baltimore, MD 21275
