-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Minnesota legislation to allow alternative practitioner to practice Please, your thoughts and prayers are needed again. The Minnesota legislation to allow alternative practitioners of all kinds--shiatsu, homeopathy, energy healers, herbalists, naturopaths, etc.--is up for a vote Monday morning in an important subcommittee of our legislature. The Minnesota Medical Association, the drug companies, the trial attorneys and other big guns have all come out of the woodwork to oppose the bill. It basically says that healing modalities that have no potential to cause harm do not need to be licensed, it sets up a mechanism for consumer complaints, it requires us alternative practitioners to disclose our education and credentials (informed consent). The vote looks up for grabs at this point. I was one of four people allowed to testify last week on behalf of the bill after the other side tried to manouver us out of our testimony time. One sympathetic legislator came back for the evening testimony with his three small sons in tow in case it went to a vote that evening. It is an uphill battle. We are not going for licensing because we do not believe we need it, not having the ability to cause harm. The state only needs to license healing modalities that can cause harm, such as surgery, prescription writing privileges, other invasive modalities. In addition, licensing drives up the costs of health care to the consumer by limiting the number of people who are in practice and drives up the costs to practice because the licensing boards are completely supported by licensing fees. For example, if you are looking for a homeopath and the one you have chosen discloses they have not attended any school, have taken and passed no national boards, would you want to put your health into their hands? We believe that market place forces are the ones to decide who should practice, not the state. (Can you tell we take a rather maverick view of this whole subject? It is not for nothing that good old Jesse Ventura is a native Minnesotan.) By the way, his daughter, Jade Ventura, was harmed by a DPT vaccine when she was an infant. She had an undiscovered Vitamin B6 deficiency and went into seizures after the vaccination. She is about 16 now but has the math skills and judgement skills of an 11 year old. He is reported to be in favor of this bill, but is keeping a low profile on it. For more information, please see this website: www.minnesotanaturalhealth.org Thanks, Marybeth ------------------------------------------------------------- To leave this list use your Web browser on URL http://www.lyghtforce.com/leave-homeo-list.html { in case of difficulty contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> } ------------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
