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CCA Fights Legislative Efforts to Limit Chiropractic Care in Workers’ Compensation

As you may have learned from one of our several faxes, listserv e-mails, Journal articles, or newsletter announcements, the chiropractic profession is under attack this year in the state Legislature. CCA has worked hard to kill several different legislative proposals that would harm the chiropractic profession and your patients. Despite our best efforts, several damaging proposals are being considered to limit medical costs in workers’ compensation.

All of the bills that proposed changes to workers’ compensation have moved to a conference committee. This allows the legislature to consider all the various proposals at one time. CCA has had several meetings with legislators and staff to discuss our concerns about the various workers’ compensation proposals that are being discussed but WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ENSURE FINAL VICTORY!!

What you can do:

  1. Fax and mail a letter in opposition to any cap on chiropractic care to your legislator and the likely members of the conference committee.
  2. Call your legislator and the likely members of the conference committee and ask them to oppose any cap on chiropractic care.
  3. Ask your workers’ compensation patients to call and write a letter in opposition to caps on chiropractic care.

You can look up your senator and assembly member in your local yellow pages phone book or by visiting Project Vote Smart at http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm (look them up by your home address as you are the Assembly Member’s and Senator’s constituent based on that address).

Likely Members of the Workers’ Compensation Conference Committee

Senator John Burton (D-San Francisco) Phone: (916) 445-1412 Fax: (916) 445-4722

Senator Richard Alarcon (D-Sun Valley) Phone: (916) 445-7928 Fax: (916) 324-6645

Senator Charles Poochigian (R-Fresno) Phone: (916) 445-9600 Fax: (916) 327-3523

Assembly Member Juan Vargas (D-San Diego) Phone: (916) 319-2079 Fax: (916) 319-2179

Assembly Member Sally Lieber (D-Mountain View) Phone: (916) 319-2022 Fax: (916) 319-2122

Assembly Member Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) Phone: (916) 319-2046 Fax: (916) 319-2146

Assembly Member Ken Maddox (R-Garden Grove) Phone: (916) 319-2068 Fax: (916) 319-2168

Below is a sample letter and list of arguments to choose from. To have the greatest effectiveness, please use your own words when possible in describing your opposition to the measure. All letters to legislators can be sent to the same address.

The Honorable (legislator’s first and last name)
California State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814


INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH: PLEASE PUT IN YOUR OWN WORDS; SOME EXAMPLES:
bulletI write to alert you to my concern regarding the proposal originally contained in Senate Bill 354 (Speier).
bulletI am writing to express my opposition to the sections of SB 354 that limited chiropractic visits under workers’ compensation.
bulletThe purpose of this letter is to seek your opposition to the part of Senate Bill 354, by Senator Speier, that would limit access to chiropractic treatment under workers’ compensation.

MIDDLE PARAGRAPH: EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHY PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WOULD INCREASE COSTS; SOME EXAMPLES:

bulletIncreasing premiums in workers’ compensation is clearly a significant problem in California that requires a comprehensive solution. However, the cap on chiropractic care will only increase costs.
bulletCaps on chiropractic care will only result in increased workers’ compensation costs in California.
bulletPlacing barriers to chiropractic treatment will likely force injured workers’ toward more expensive, dangerous and less effective treatments – including narcotic drug treatment, spinal injections, selective nerve destruction and surgery.
bulletThis bill would encourage injured workers to abandon conservative care that benefits the patient for treatments with higher risks.
bulletChiropractors get injured workers back to work fast. [Give an example of a patient that you were able to get back to work after traditional medical care failed or when a patient avoided surgery because of your treatment.]
bulletFurthermore, this bill will leave thousands of injured workers’ without access to any care if the worker is physically unable to take medication for their pain and is not a surgical candidate.
bulletRespected medical journals have published numerous peer-reviewed studies that show chiropractic care to be less costly than medical care. This bill would restrict access to treatment that restores function without the use of expensive drugs or surgery.

CLOSING PARAGRAPH: AGAIN, IN YOUR OWN WORDS; SOME EXAMPLES:

bulletThank you in advance for your consideration of my concerns.
bulletI trust you share my concern and will join me in opposing SB 354.
bulletIn the event I may be of assistance on this matter, please contact me at (XXX) XXX-XXXX.

 

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Kristine Shultz 
Director of Governmental Affairs 
California Chiropractic Association 
1600 Sacramento Inn Way, Suite 106
Sacramento, CA 95815-3458
Work: (916) 648-2727 ext. 130 
Fax: (916) 648-2738
Mobile: (916) 752-1671
E-Mail: kshultz@calchiro.org
Internet: www.calchiro.org

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