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CANCER
REFORM BILL, JUNE, 2000
Congratulations to California Citizens for Health Freedom,
spearheaded by President Frank Cuny, and the many other groups
and individuals who have worked to make this legislation a
reality. I am passing this information on in the form of an
opinion by Tim Bolen of JuriMed, which works with government
besieged health professionals, in order to not mince words and
place the action in context with other activities surrounding
fluoridation and other health issues. You may notice the use of
the same "quackbusters" technique in trying to discredit and
squelch informed dialogue.
SB2100 can be accessed at: http://www.citizenshealth.org
California Citizens for Health Freedom is a co-sponsor with
Citizens for Safe Drinking Water for our state legislation, the
Fluoride Product Quality Control Act.
Opinion by Tim Bolen
The California State Senate, fed up with low quality "Standard
of Practice" health care in the state, Friday, June 1, 2000,
passed a Cancer Reform Bill sponsored by California Citizens For
Health Freedom, and backed, not surprisingly, by the California
Medical Association (CMA).
The bill eliminates the requirement in California that all
cancer treatment be "limited to chemotherapy, radiation, and
surgery." Health Activists predict the death of the cancer
chemotherapy, and the cancer radiation mega-industries in the
U.S.. Sales of chemotherapy cancer drugs reached 8.4 billion
dollars in 1999 - yet cancer deaths are at an all time high.
California is said to be the tenth largest stand-alone economy
in the world, and the battle for health care dollars is fierce
in the state. Governor Gray Davis, who joined the fray after his
election, is removing (by not renewing) fourteen of the existing
eighteen California Medical Board Appointees. The last four's
terms run out next year - and they too will be replaced. The
terms, for the old board members, run out June 30th, 2000.
Governor Davis' appointments, and the passage of this bill,
represent a disaster for so-called "Quackbuster" henchmen. The
National Council for Reliable Health Information (NCRHI),
formerly called the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF),
and their sister groups, were dealt the most humiliating blows
of their existence with these actions in California.
And this, right on the heels of the Minnesota and Arizona reform
laws...
Former Medical Board Member Alan Schumaker - also President of
the Federation of States Medical Boards (FSMB), called by some
"a Quackbuster front organization," recently tried to push
through an "anti-alternative medicine California Medical Board
declaration" - to no avail.
Current Cal Med Board President Ira Lubell (one of the remaining
four), who records show, may be a close business associate of
self-styled "quackbuster" Wallace Sampson, could not get
Schumaker's declaration passed by the existing board. Lubell is
under close scrutiny by California Citizens for Health Freedom
activists.
The California "Cancer Reform Bill" heads for the California
{Assembly} this week. Easy passage is expected.
John Renner, current NCRHI President, might have to call a
meeting of the 25 people (total) who attended their "National
Convention" at a Super-8 motel in Missouri, this last April - so
they can all lay down on the floor together, and kick their
feet...
The backing of the bill by the CMA is not a surprise to health
freedom activists. Many activists believe that the CMA (the
second largest MD organization in the US) attitude is because,
unlike the American Medical Association (AMA), the CMA is still
controlled by practicing MDs - and the AMA is controlled by the
medical industry - a different thing entirely.
The battle for the future of health care took an unusual turn in
California last year when health freedom activists, the CMA,
lawmakers, and Medical University leadership joined forces
against, what many believed, was the "quackbuster controlled"
California Medical Board in the "Robert Sinaiko, MD, case".
Despite this alliance, and warnings to the Medical Board,
members arrogantly yanked Sinaiko's license, and shut down his
business.
The backlash against the board's arrogant action in the Sinaiko
case has only begun. One of Sinaiko's chief witnesses on his
behalf, Phil Lee, MD (formerly Assistant Secretary of Health in
the Clinton Administration), was said by the Med Board "not to
be credible," as a witness. Lee, went on to become one of
Governor Gray Davis' top health advisors...
Now, if I had Phil Lee's job, I know exactly what I'd be
advising the Governor about... To tell the truth, Phil lee is a
very good man, and a good American - and I'm sure he's advising
the Governor quite well, all by himself.
Next in California? Maybe we'll copy Minnesota's new law - it
sounds very, very, good...
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