Written Testimony

Continue to gather written testimony (yours and your patients’), concerning the value of acupuncture) email or snail mail  it to the Co-Chairs of the committee (email addresses below) and members of the committee

Call
Please call one or both of the Co-Chairs of the committee and ask them to support the bill. They are:
Senator Anthony Petruccelli   (617) 722- 1634 Anthony.Petruccelli@masenate.gov Representative Michael A. Costello (617) 722- 2220  Michael.Costello@mahouse.gov
(other members below)

A sample script reads as follows:

"My name is ------and I live in ------. I am calling in support of Bill H3519.  I urge the Senator/Rep ----- to support this bill.  This bill will help to increase the access and affordability of acupuncture for the public and decrease health care cost throughout the state.
In 1997 the National Institute of Health Consensus Committee on Acupuncture recommended that acupuncture be integrated into our health care system and that Medicare and Medicaid reimburse for its use. I urge Senator/Rep------ support in moving this important matter forward."

If you have questions or if you’d like more information about helping with getting the bill passed please contact Naomi Alson at 413-243-0654 or email naomifalson@gmail.com. For more information on the bill, go to the AOMSM website.

Spread the word

Cut and Paste from this letter, create a letter of your own asking your patients, family, and friends to call the co-chairs and go on-line to sign the petition. (to find the petition on-line go to Change.org, put acupuncture in the search box the petition should come up.)

Help us connect with key members of congress
If you know or have any contact with the other members of the Joint Committee on Financial Services, please make a special effort to contact them:

Joint Committee on Financial Services Members           

·         Representative Michael Costello 617-722-2220, Michael.Costello@mahouse.gov  (Amesbury, Newburyport, Salisbury)

·         Senator Anthony Petruccelli 617-722-1634, Anthony.Petruccelli@masenate.gov  (Revere, Winthrop, Cambridge and parts of Boston)

·           Carlo P. Basile, Carlo.Basile@mahouse.gov , from East Boston, House Vice Chair

·           Christopher G. Fallon, Christopher.Fallon@mahouse.gov , from Malden

·           Kevin J. Murphy   Kevin.Murphy@mahouse.gov   of Lowell

·           Lori A. Ehrlich  Lori.Ehrlich@mahouse.gov  of Marblehead

·           James M. Cantwell  James.Cantwell@mahouse.gov of Marshfield

·           James J. Dwyer   James.Dwyer@mahouse.gov  of Woburn

·          Timothy R. Madden  Timothy.Madden@mahouse.gov   of Nantucket

·          Russell E. Holmes   Russell.Holmes@mahouse.gov  of Boston

·           Nicholas A. Boldyga  Nicholas.Boldyga@mahouse.gov    of Southwick

·           Marc T. Lombardo   Marc.Lombardo@mahouse.gov  of Billricca