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01 Dec 2009

A Ray of Light in the Dark: Integrative Healthcare Specifically Included in the Senate Healthcare Bill’s Statutory Language!

Congress, Health Freedom, Healthcare Reform

The American Association for Health Freedom (soon to be The Alliance for Natural Health-USA thanks to our merger with The Alliance for Natural Health) has worked for months to gain recognition for integrated healthcare in President Obama’s Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) plan (part of the stimulus bill) and in multiple iterations of healthcare reform legislation. […]

01 Dec 2009

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$500 Million to Be Spent Lobbying Congress on Healthcare Reform

Congress, Healthcare Reform

Consider : In 2009, drug companies, medical device firms, insurance companies and other players in the medical industry will spend a record $500 million to influence the congressional vote on healthcare reform. Before the passage of healthcare reform tackling the issue of pharmaceutical companies’ sky-high profits, the drug industry has been raising prices.

01 Dec 2009

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EMRs Don’t Reduce Healthcare Costs

Healthcare Reform

President Obama insists that electronic medical records will help cut healthcare costs, and as part of the February 2009 economic stimulus bill, Congress has offered $19 billion in incentives to adopt them. But Sue Blevins of the Institute for Health Freedom has continually warned that EMRs could endanger privacy and freedom of choice.

01 Dec 2009

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HSAs in the Crosshairs of Congressional Healthcare Reform

Congress, Healthcare Reform

The editorial page of the Wall Street Journal has sounded the alarm about a bill proposed by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., a bill that could cripple consumer-driven healthcare saving accounts plans. According to the editorial, not only does the Reid bill change the tax provisions to make HSAs less desirable, but its regulations threaten the […]

01 Dec 2009

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Integrative Healthcare Included in Senate Healthcare Bill’s Language

Congress, Health Freedom, Pulse of Natural Health

The American Association for Health Freedom (soon to be The Alliance for Natural Health-USA thanks to our merger with The Alliance for Natural Health) has worked for months to gain recognition for integrated healthcare in President Obama’s Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) plan (part of the stimulus bill) and in multiple iterations of healthcare reform legislation. […]

24 Nov 2009

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Obama Talks of Cutting Healthcare Costs

Health Freedom, Healthcare Reform, Medical Privacy

President Obama has promised to trim the growth of healthcare-spending by 1.5 percent over the next decade, yet the New York Times stated on Nov. 10, 2009: “The [congressional] bills, including one passed Saturday night by the House, are unlikely to meet that goal, analysts say.” Also on Nov. 10, the Wall Street Journal declared: […]

24 Nov 2009

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Dangers of Bisphenol A/BPA Well-Established

BPA, Dangerous Drug Effects

Three recent studies fuel criticism already scorching the FDA for its failure to respond to the petition by AAHF/ANH-USA regarding exposure of children to bisphenol A/BPA. Research by the University of Rochester, published in the Journal of Andrology, found that males exposed to phthalates — found in dental sealants, composite fillings, soft plastic water bottles, […]

24 Nov 2009

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Drug Companies’ Sponsorship of Continuing Medical Education a Scandal

Big Pharma, Congress

Not surprisingly, the pharmaceutical industry is resisting legislation that would force drug manufacturers to disclose how much money they spend to provide continuing medical education (CME) to doctors. (The legislation passed in the House; Senate versions make no mention of disclosure.)

24 Nov 2009

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Ban on Certain Vitamins and Minerals Violates E.U. Law

Health Freedom, Natural Medicine

Nutraingredients highlights a warning by Alliance for Natural Health UK (ANH-UK) that the British Food Standards Agency’s proposal to ban certain vitamins and minerals in 2010 violates European Union law. ANH-UK argues that the agency’s new list of approved minerals and vitamins — which adds 69 to the current roster of 112 approved products —is […]

24 Nov 2009

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Help ANH-USA Teach AP About Integrative Medicine

Free Speech, Health Freedom, Natural Health Practitioners

Mike Adams, editor of www.naturalnews.com, is waging a campaign to educate the Associated Press about natural remedies. According to Adams, “The Associated Press continues its assault on alternative medicine, led by writer Marilynn Marchione who writes attack pieces on everything under the sun (including the sun itself) related to alternative medicine and natural therapies. The […]