Healthcare Reform Bills Legitimize Quackery

I’ve been warning folks about this for years - and alas, fake medicine and quackery has finally oiled its way into the healthcare reform bills. We are in the midst of a growing primary care shortage, and on the brink of vastly expanding health insurance coverage without increasing the supply of physicians and nurses. How will our country solve the supply/demand mismatch? Potentially by allowing people without appropriate training in science and medicine to become your “medical home.” That’s right - your next doctor or nurse may be someone with an online degree in snake oil salesmanship.

I know it’s hard to believe… But please read this press release (reproduced below) for more information - and call your Senator to complain. Maybe we’ll be able to get these sections removed before a bill passes? (more…)