July 10, 2006

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Rep. Schwartz of Pennsylvania is 50th Co-sponsor of H. R. 818

By Editorial Staff

On June 29, 2006, Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (D), 13^th district, Pennsylvania, became the 50^th co-sponsor of H.R. 818, the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2005. Rep.

Schwartz represents Philadelphia's northwest suburbs.

Rep. Schwartz joins Rep. Robert A. Brady (D), 1^st district, who also represents Philadelphia, and is a three-time co-sponsor of the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act, in becoming the second member of the 19-member Pennsylvania congressional delegation to co-sponsor Rep. Maurice Hinchey's (D), 22^nd district, New York, acupuncture bill in the 109^th Congress, (2005-2006).

Rep. Schwartz and the other sponsors make up half of the 100 co-sponsors needed for Rep. Hinchey's bill to encourage the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to hold a hearing on this important piece of legislation. H.R. 818 would amend Title 18 of the Social Security Act by reimbursing qualified acupuncturist's services under Medicare Part B, and amend Title 5 of the U.S. Code by reimbursing qualified acupuncturist's services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. In the last Congress, the 108^th (2003-2004), there were 63 co-sponsors of H.R. 1477, the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2003.

Your help is needed to help move this bill. Please contact Robert E. Marcus, J. D, of Marcus & Associates, lobbyist for the AOM Alliance and the Council of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Associations (CAOMA), by e-mail at , or by telephone at (276) 492-8098, so you can find out the name of your U.S. Representative and how you can urge your congressperson to become a co-sponsor of H.R. 818.

 

 

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