Natural medicine is all about choice. And when someone or something comes along and threatens that choice, even the most mild-mannered natural-medicine proponent gets mad. But we’re a smart bunch. We don’t just get mad — we get together and fight back. And there’s a lot of fighting going on lately.
If you’ve been following the eTips and Dr. Wright’s Nutrition & Healing newsletter for awhile, you know what’s going on out in Washington state with the so-called Medical “Quality” Assurance Commission, and how this organization has been persecuting alternative medicine practitioners under the guise of “protecting” the public. What MQAC is really doing is taking away the rights of Washington state citizens to choose what types of health care they prefer for themselves and their families.
So it’s appropriate that the organization Dr. Wright and his colleagues have formed in response to MQAC’s actions is called Washington Citizens for Health Options, Integrity, and Clinical Excellence, or WaCHOICE.
But you don’t have to be a Washington state resident to support the cause. After all, organizations like MQAC are cropping up all over the country. So why wait until one comes knocking at your door before you get involved?
Dr. Wright let me know that there’s a place on the WaCHOICE website where you can go to sign up as a supporter of health care choice. Just visit www.wachoice.org, click on the “who we are” menu to the right, then click on the “sign your name for choice” tab and fill out the form provided.
There’s no charge to become a part of the WaCHOICE cause, and Dr. Wright assures me that your name and addresses will not be sold to third parties. So there’s really no reason NOT to join the fight.
