On April 7, 2008, ' The Essential Wellness' magazine sent out an 'eblast' to organize a mass protest against Registration Bill.
'Eblast' text below:
> From: Essential Wellness newspaper
> [mailto:wellness@centurytel.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:26 AM
> To: nlcst@charter.net
> Subject: Today: Call to legislative action for
> Minnesota healthcare practitioners
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> Essential Wellness newspaper
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> April 7, 2008
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> Greetings!
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> THIS IS FOR MINNESOTA PEOPLE ONLY
> REGARDING A MN BILL now in the legislative which
> threatens health freedom.
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> Sorry, WI people, I just did not have
> time to sort through the email list to delete you!
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> First visit: www.mnhlrp.org
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> Please read this entire email.
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> Naturopathic Guidelines in jeopardy
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> Did you know the "Naturopathic Doctor"
> registration bill, HF 1724/SF 1520, in the MN
> Legislature is listing a therapy you practice under
> Chapter 146A now as their expertise?
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> We need people who want to talk with
> the Representatives who are on this committee. We
> need lots of people to meet me at the State Office
> Building, 100 Martin Luthor King BLvd, in the lobby
> at 10:30am TODAY. They can call Katie Murphy at
> 651-470-3174. I will instruct them what to do and
> take them to the Capitol bldg to meet the
> Representatives that carry the vote that afternoon.
> This will be the ONLY chance anyone has to talk to
> the Representatives. They must wear business
> professional clothing -(no sneakers or jeans). Tell
> them to bring quarters for parking (do not park in
> Sears parking lot). We need people to carry signs &
> protest this bill @ 2:00 pm.
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> Participate in an old fashion Protest.
> Show up on Monday, April 7th at 2:00pm, at the
> entrance of State Office Bldg, 100 Rev. Martin
> Luthor Kind Blvd, bring a sign if you can. We need
> everyone, hundreds of people!! We are trying to
> get the TV and Radio media alerted to the problem.
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> MNHLRP's efforts to amend the bill are
> not being heard. MNHLRP needs your help to stop
> this legislation. Rally at the Capitol the Monday,
> April 7th at 2pm and literally hold up signs of
> protest!
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> Please visit our website for more
> information about this bill, your right to practice
> and your freedom of access to the health care
> modalities of your choice! http://www.mnhlrp.org
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> 1. This bill claims (and I quote)
> "the therapeutic use of the physical agents of air,
> water, heat, cold, sound, light, and electromagnetic
> nonionizing radiation and the physical modalities of
> electrotherapy, diathermy, ultraviolet light,
> hydrotherapy, massage, stretching, colon
> hydrotherapy, frequency specific microcurrent,
> electrical muscle stimulation, transcutaneous
> electrical nerve stimulation, and therapeutic
> exercise." to be their domain - just to name a few
> !! Imagine that! AIR and WATER their healing
> agents - SOUND and LIGHT their healing agents!! Are
> you not concerned? They also claim "Food, food
> extracts, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, etc to be
> THEIR domain. see the copy of attached bill.
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> 2. The real behind the scenes problem
> - the "Client Bill of Rights" under which we all
> practice will not cover us in the future when the
> "Naturopathic Doctors" move forward to form a State
> Board to License. Why? Because all our therapies
> will be in their domain. What could be worse?
> Their "License Board" will be under the umbrella of
> the "Medical License Board". They will have the
> easy next step of setting up the REQUIREMENTS for us
> to practice.
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> 3. Why are many Naturopathic Doctors
> against those "PUSHING" this through? Because the
> bill limits registration to only graduates of
> CERTAIN SCHOOLS within a specific time period. That
> means those schools are trying to get CONTROL and
> put themselves in place for NATIONAL REGULATION.
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> We need to stop this. We CAN STOP
> this and it won't take that much work.
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> But it will take numbers of us to be
> heard.
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> Katie Murphy
Saturday, April 12, 2008
MNHLRP organizes campaign to kill registration at any cost. Please support NDs in Minnesota and SF 1520.
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3 comments:
Despite the fact that Boyd has obviously taken a few too many colonics, I think that this needs a serious reply because of the lies and fear mongering that the opponents of this bill are spreading. I didn't like Karl Rove and I don't like the fact that his tactics are being used by www.mnhlrp.org and their supporters.
Despite the fact that I agree with some of what this group has supported and done in the past, on this matter they are dead wrong.
I have received emails that have made vague threats such as not being able to buy supplements if this bill is passed, such as having one of my therapies taken away if this bill is passed, of losing my business if this bill is passed. This is blatant fear mongering and has no place in HONEST politics. But I guess honesty is not their strong suit.
I have written back on every one of these emails and asked for clarification. And I have been told variations on the theme of "trust us." It is interesting to note that such language is also used by used car dealers and con men.
Katie Murphy, who may be well meaning, is either wrong, lying through her teeth, misinformed, or just gullible.
She gives a long laundry list of modalities listed in the bill in order to establish a scope of practice for clinically trained, board certified ND's. She claims that if the bill is passed that no one else will be able to use those therapies.
If this were true then nurses would not be able to draw blood because, after all, MD can also draw blood as well as phlebotomists and a host of other medical professionals. This law does not take away from anyone any more than any other registration bill in the state does. It merely outlines what Registered ND's will be able to do.
So what your fear mongering is full of ... hot air.
Tthe bill specifically spells out that anyone who currently practices under 146A will continue to practice under 146A.
Hey Katie, if you see patients,do you have all your patients/clients sign a patient bill of rights? [or if you are a patient/client have you ever signed one?]. It is required by 146A. Or did you forget to read that?
Did you also forget to read 1520 and 1724?
I am willing, for the sake of argument, to stipulate that you are innocent of malice in sending this email around, but if so then who is behind your information? Who exactly will benefit from killing a bill that does no one any harm, that only recognizes the professional qualifications of 26 individuals who want to continue to boost ALL forms of natural medicine in Minnesota?
And let's not talk about health "freedom." What kind of freedom is it that keeps one class of people from doing what they are trained to? What kind of freedom is it where a big group picks on a small group? It is the same kind of freedom that bullies practice on the playground.
And I find that kind of "freedom" despicable.
With Kind Regards,
Wolfgang.
I do not get it.
Why are you afraid of this bill?
As it describes our scope of practice this bill explicitly mentions that it is descriptive and not prohibitive of any nature cure practice as specifically sanctioned by the Health Freedom bill.
Have you even read the proposed bill which is respectful and makes explicit mention of others' right to practice these things?
What, really, is your problem?
Are you on the payroll of multilevel marketing vitamin and herbal supplement companies or of correspondence diploma mill "naturopath schools"?
Please respond as I would really like to understand if somehow registering and licensing naturopathic physicians is a threat to others who would use nature cure, homeopathy, etc.
Dr.John Hauser
Katie
I don't know you. And I did heap no small amount of derision your way, but my target, very clearly was the misinformation that you were forwarding.
If you care to respond I would be happy to listen to your arguments, but please make sure that the facts support you, which they don't in this case.
I'm sure Boyd, as a fan, has your contact info. Maybe he could pass this invitation on to you.
With a clean colon,
Wolfgang
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