These bills need your attention.      Bills have been introduced that need your support and your opposition!      Support bills H.R.2629, H.R.2630, S.525/H.R.1298, H.R.163, H.R.164, H.R. 502, and H.R. 778      Oppose bills H.R.2749, S.1941, H.R.759,      Support S.525/H.R.1298 - Pharmaceutical Market Access & Drug Safety Act.      Support H.R.163 - Prescription Drug Affordability.      Support H.R.164 - Seniors Health Care Freedom Act of 2009.      Support H.R.164 - Health Care Freedom of Choice.      Support H.R.778 - Authorizing Interstate Traffic of Unpasteurized Milk & Milk Products.      Oppose H.R. 502 - Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act.      Oppose H.R.759 - FDA Globalization Act of 2009.      These bills need your attention.    

 

 

FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON CONSUMER HEALTH

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The Senate main number is (202) 224-3121
 

 

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NHF Opposes

 

Dietary Supplement Safety Act 2010
S. 3002

 

Bill Overview

 

Petition

 

Suggested Letter

 

Opposition Handout

 

Orrin Hatch Letter to Sen. McCain




Senate Bill 787

 

Bill Overview




Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(H.R.3590)

 

Bill Overview

 

Sample Petition

 

ACT NOW Petition
(H.R.3590)



Food Safety Act S.510 (H.R. 2749)

 

S.510 Chairman's Mark

 

Bill Overview

 

Manager's Amendment

 

Sample Letter

 

McCain/Dorgan/Hatch/Harkin Letter of March 10th




 

Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act

 

N.J. Assembly Bill 2933 and
Senate Bill S. 1941

 

Bill Overview

 

Sample Petition Letter



 

Treat Weight Loss Claims for
Dietary Supplements as Disease Claims

 

Petition Overview

 

Sample Petition Letter

 

Original Citizen Petition



 

 

FDA Globalization Act of 2009
(HR 759)

 

Bill Overview

 

Sample petition

 

 

 

 

National Health Insurance

 

Senator Baucus Blueprint

Baucus/Kennedy Letter to Obama

Rep. Dingell Letter to Obama

Wyden/Bennet Letter to Obama

 


FDA Regulatory Action
(B-6 Regulated as a "Drug")

 

Overview

 

Petition






Senators McCain & Dorgan are trying to gut the DSHEA of 1994 by a bill which creates a Euro-style "positive list" of "acceptable" new dietary ingredients, gives the FDA immediate recall rights over products, and places new burdens on dietary supplements not required by any other food class. Help us kill this bill immediately.




This dangerous Senate Bill will give the Federal government control over all water everywhere, including private lands and wells, and ignores State water law authority and the 5th amendment.



With this government controlled Health Care-the Feds make your decisions, they mandate all individuals to buy insurance, fine/jail upon refusal-all are against the U.S. Constitution. Act now to defeat this violation of personal liberty.




Rep. Waxman & Rep. Dingell introduced this bill under the guise of improving food safety but it will give enormous power to the FDA.





This legislation would make it illegal for any practitioner other than a licensed dietitian to teach, consult, or advise about health, nutrition, supplements, diet, food, or food materials. If the bills pass one does not even have to be compensated to be in violation of the law.




Act on this poorly titled, self-serving, pharmaceutical industry "Citizen Petition" which would reclassify all dietary-supplement weight-loss claims as disease claims.




It is critical that consumers push to amend this proposed bill to exempt its application to dietary supplements, or there will be more regulation, higher costs for supplement manufacturers (domestic/foreign), and higher costs for consumers.




No bills introduced at this time.






The B-6 regulation of classifying this dietary supplement form as a "drug" is still tentative and not yet final. Pressure your representatives to rescind this regulatory action of banning vitamins by reclassifying them as "drugs."

 

 

NHF Supports

 

 




H.R.4759 U.S. Withdrawal from NAFTA









H.R.1498 Freedom from
Unnecessary Litigation Act of 2009







H.R. 3394 Freedom of Health Speech Act


Press Release


Lane Labs Court Ruling


Sample Petition




H.R. 3395 Health Freedom Act


Press Release


Lane Labs Court Ruling


Sample Petition





H.R. 3396 Congressional Responsibility
and Accountability Act


Sample Petition






H.R. 778 Authorizing Interstate Traffic of Unpasteurized Milk & Milk Products

 

Bill Overview

 

Overview Article






H.R. 2629 Coercion is Not Health Care Act

 

Bill Overview





H.R. 2630 Protect Patients and Physicians Privacy Act

 

Bill Overview


 

Petition for the 6 Ron Paul Bills listed above



S.525/H.R.1298 Pharmaceutical Market Access & Drug Safety Act

 

S.525 Overview

 

H.R.1298 Overview

 

S.525 Sample Petition

 

H.R.1298 Sample Petition




H.R.163 Prescription Drug Affordability

 

Bill Overview

 

Sample Petition Letter



H.R.164 Seniors Health Care
Freedom Act of 2009

 

Bill Overview

 

Sample Petition Letter


H.R. 502 Health Care Freedom of Choice

 

Bill Overview

 

Sample Petition Letter









H.R.1495 Comprehensive Health Care
Reform Act of 2009




 



To provide for the withdrawal of the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It has 27 co-sponsors & is pending in the House Ways and Means Committee.


This bill addresses rising medical malpractice costs by providing a tax credit for negative outcomes insurance purchased prior to medical treatment and by preventing medical malpractice awards obtained through binding arbitration from being taxed.


To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act concerning the burden of proof in false advertising in cases involving dietary supplements and dietary ingredients.




To amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act concerning claims about the effects of foods and dietary supplements on health-related conditions and disease, and for other purposes.

To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit agencies from enforcing rules that result in a specified economic impact until the requirements of those rules are enacted into law by an act of Congress, and other purposes.

Congressman Ron Paul introduced this bill which would repeal current federal legislation prohibiting raw milk/products for human consumption in interstate commerce. It would also allow consumers to obtain raw milk products from other States without violating federal law. At present in the U.S., you may consume raw milk in all States but may only sell it in 1/2 of the States.


This bill will protect the American people's ability to make their own health care decisions by ensuring the Federal Government shall not force any American to purchase health insurance.


Individuals are free to opt out of Federally mandated electronic system for maintaining health-care information.




This legislation will allow re-importation of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other foreign countries. Act on this legislation to remove the FDA & pharmaceutical control over access to less-expensive prescription drugs for all Americans.



To allow an individual who has attained social security retirement age an 80 percent tax credit on the amount paid during the taxable year and not compensated for by insurance or otherwise for prescribed drugs purchased through the Internet.


To allow persons otherwise eligible for old-age benefits under Social Security to voluntary refusal to participate in any part of the Medicare program and continue to receive their Social Security.


To allow people the freedom to purchase the health insurance of their choice, to choose their own doctor, and make their own decisions about their health care. To eliminate the gross income percentage limitation on tax deductible medical expenses.

Allows all Americans to pay their health care bills through the method that suits them best by providing all Americans with a tax credit for 100% of health care expenses (fully refundable against both income and payroll taxes), allowing individuals to roll over unused amounts in cafeteria plans and Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA), providing a tax credit for premiums for a high-deductible insurance policy connected with a Health Savings Account (HSA) and allowing seniors to use funds in an HSA to pay for a medigap policy, as well as making all medical expenses tax deductible by repealing the 7.5% threshold for the deduction of medical expenses.  

 

 

Click here for the NHF Archive of Important Past Legislation
(110th Congress - Archived Bills and Information)

 

Click here for the NHF Archive of Important Past Legislation
(108th-109th Congress - Archived Bills and Information)

 

 

 

The War On Food

By Ron Paul Campaign
August 31, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

LIKELY SENATE VOTE ON FOOD SAFETY BILL

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist

August 22, 2010

 

 

 

 

Putting the FTC In Perspective

By Lee Bechtel
August 2010

 

 

 

 

Assembly-Line Medicine

By Chuck Baldwin
July 16, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

THE OBAMA EXECUTIVE ORDER – MORE HEALTHCARE
BUREAUCRACY, BUT NOT BACKDOOR CODEX

June 26, 2010

 

 

 

 

Executive Order - Establishing the National Prevention
Health Promotion, and Public Health Council

June 26, 2010

 

 

 

 

President's Executive Order-
Establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion,
and Public Health Council

Another Nail In The Coffin Of Health Freedom

June 21, 2010

 

 

 

 

How Does Mandatory Health Insurance
Differ from Other Government Programs?

By Institute for Health Freedom
June 16, 2010

 

 

 

 

End the Mandate Act (H.R.4995)

By Ron Paul
June 8, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

SENATE FOOD SAFETY AWAITING FINAL SENATE ACTION

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
May 22, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

THE FINANCIAL REFORM ACT AND
THE PHANTOM WAXMAN AMENDMENT

May 22, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

THE U.S. SENATE WILL BE VOTING
ON THE FOOD “SAFETY” BILL

April 20, 2010

 

 

 

 

Draconian Rules For Supplements Pending:
DSHEA Repeal and Obama’s 2011 Budget for FDA

By Lee Bechtel
March 2010

 

 

 

 

If Only Johnny Could Read

By Scott C. Tips
March 2010

 

 

 

 

Texas Straight Talk

By Ron Paul
March 29, 2010

 

 

 

 

Senate Dems Brace for 'Poison Pills'

By Manu Raju
March 24, 2010

 

 

 

 

How Did Your Representatives
Vote On the Healthcare Reform Bill?

March 23, 2010

 

 

 

 

Rep. Paul Ryan: Obama’s New Budget
Will ‘Literally Crash the U.S. Economy’

By Terence P. Jeffrey
March 17, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

THE LATEST NEWS ON
THE S.510 AND S.3002 ATTACKS ON HEALTH

March 17, 2010

 

 

 

 

Virginia First State to Pass
Health Care Freedom Act:
38 States Lining Up Against ObamaCare

By PRNewswire-USNewswire
March 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

DSHEA REPEAL LEGISLATION DELAYED, NOT DEAD

March 10, 2010

 

 

 

 

A Physician’s Perspective on the Dangers
Of Government Health Care Reform

By Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D.
March 2, 2010

 

 

 

 

The Legislation Game

By Attorney Jonathan Emord
March 1, 2010

 

 

 

 

At Healthcare Summit, Forget
Obama vs. GOP: How Did Freedom Do?

By Sue Blevins
February 26, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

IF SENATOR MCCAIN WERE
RUNNING HOMELAND SECURITY . . .

February 19, 2010

 

 

 

 

Nicholas J. Gonzalez, M.D. Expresses
His Opposition to Senator McCain

February 17, 2010

 

 

 

 

McCain To FDA: Regulate Joe The Plumber

By Attorney Jonathan Emord
February 15, 2010

 

 

 

 

Constitutionally Illiterate

By Christopher Dreisbach, The Baltimore Sun
February 5, 2010

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

TAKE ACTION NOW

TO PROTECT YOUR SUPPLEMENTS!

February 4, 2010

 

 

 

 

Virginia Senate Bills Say No to Requiring Health Insurance

By Rosalind S. Helderman
February 2, 2010

 

 

 

 

New Health Freedom Issues In 2010

By Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
January 2010

 

 

 

 

Rocking the Heart of the Beast – Marching on Washington

By Sherokee Ilse, NHF Board Member
January 2010

 

 

 

 

Everyone Wins In Healthcare Reform – Except You

By Rob Fannon
January 2010

 

 

 

 

Welcome To The Cesspool

By Scott Tips
January 2010

 

 

 

 

Dear President Obama:
Time to Stop Letting Corporations
Write the Health Care Bill

By the Huffington Post
January 21, 2010

 

 

 

 

Waiting For GODOT

By Geoff Metcalf
NewsWithViews.com
January 16, 2010

 

 

 

 

Whither Health Care Reform? Brown Wins In Mass.

By Pharmalot
January 20, 2010

 

 

 

 

FTC and FDA 2010 Dietary Supplement Regulatory Priorities

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
January 2010

 

 

 

 

Healthcare Reform Bill Still Contains Seeds of Socialism

Expert Reveals Absence of Public Option
Doesn’t Erase Danger of Socialization of Medicine

Provided by Rachel Friedman
December 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

ALERT: Harry Reid Schedules
First Obama-Care Vote For 1 a.m. Monday

By Sarah Foster
December 21, 2009

 

 

 

 

Anger With Federal Government Not Enough

By Chuck Baldwin
December 18, 2009

 

 

 

 

Drug Importation, Senate Votes And Money

By Pharmalot
December 18, 2009

 

 

 

 

C-6 “Significantly Changed”, Passed Back to Parliament!

Provided by Dee Nicholson
December 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

Senate Health Care Bill Would Force
Some Middle Class Families to Pay $15,200
Yearly Insurance Fee, According to CBO Analysis

By Terence P. Jeffrey
December 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

For Whom The Bill Tolls

By Scott C. Tips
December 2009

 

 

 

 

Healthcare for All Has Become Punishment for All

By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.
December 2009

 

 

 

 

The “47 Million Uninsured” Myth

By Investors Business Daily
December 2009

 

 

 

 

Why the Personal Mandate to Buy
Health Insurance Is Unprecedented and Unconstitutional

By Randy Barnett, Nathaniel Stewart and Todd F. Gaziano
December 12, 2009

 

 

 

 

Congressional Challenges In 2010

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
December 2009

 

 

 

 

More Government Won't Help

By Ron Paul
December 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

MAKE THE SENATE HEAR YOUR VOICES

ON HEALTH-CARE REFORM NOW


December 6, 2009

 

 

 

 

Bill C-6 Senate Hearing
There was a Major Victory for Freedom

Provided by Klaus Ferlowe
December 2009

 

 

 

 

Senate Health Care Bill: The Five Paragraphs You Must Read

By Sue Blevins and Robin Kaigh
November 24, 2009

 

 

 

 

Get Out Of Our House (GOOOH)

By Tom DeWeese
November 24, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

S.510 FOOD SAFETY – PARTIAL BUT IMPORTANT VICTORY

OFFERS SOME PROTECTION AGAINST CODEX


November 20, 2009

 

 

 

 

Barak Obama's Suicide Mission To Copenhagen

By Tom DeWeese
November 19, 2009

 

 

 

 

S.510 Alert – Help Needed

By Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
November 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

Competition With the Government?

By Representative Ron Paul
November 16, 2009

 

 

 

 

Passed the House by 5 votes
but is now held up in the Senate and some claim it's "D.O.A."


NHF PRESS RELEASE

HOUSE POISED TO VOTE ON GOVERNMENT

TAKE-OVER OF HEALTH CARE

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist

November 05, 2009

 

 

 

 

Rationing Medical Treatments - ConnectingThe Dots

By Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
November 4, 2009

 

 

 

 

Contact Congress ASAP
and Tell Them to Vote NO on H.R. 3962!

By Institute for Health Freedom
November 4, 2009

 

 

 

 

Congress Moves To Control All U.S. Water

By Jim Kouri
October 20, 2009

 

 

 

 

One Republican on Senate
Finance Committee Voted for Baucus Health-Care Bill

By Edwin Mora
October 14, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

STOP THE HEALTH-CARE MONSTER
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

October 10, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE –

A GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE

By Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
October 06, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

SENATOR HATCH CONDEMNS SUPERFLUOUS

DHEA REGULATION AND DEFENDS DSHEA

By Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
October 05, 2009

 

 

 

 

Proposal Requires House
to Post Bills on Web 72 Hours Before Vote

By Fred Lucas
September 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

WHY WE NEED H.R.3394 and H.R.3395

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
September 19, 2009

 

 

 

 

Protection of Health Freedoms in the Balance

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Lobbyist
September 2009

 

 

 

 

Food Safety Bills - Misdiagnosis Strikes Again

By Doreen Hannes
(original on NewsWithViews.com)
September 2, 2009

 

 

 

 

Will Individuals’ Advance Directives
Be Included in Medical Orders Resulting
from End-of-Life Counseling?

By Institute for Health Freedom
August 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

End Dangerous ID

By Campaign for Liberty
August 10, 2009

 

 

 

 

The Rare Commodity in Congress and the Person
Who Steps up for Health Freedom

NHF August 2009 Newsletter

August 7, 2009

 

 

 

 

Action Alert: Call Congress ASAP and Tell Them
"NO Mandate for Health Insurance!"

By Institute for Health Freedom
July 27, 2009

 

 

 

 

H.R.2749 PASSED THE HOUSE YESTERDAY
ON A SECOND VOTE

July 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

H.R.2749 STILL IN LIMBO –

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS MINUTE

July 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

VICTORY!

THE MONSTER'S DOWN ...

BUT NOT OUT FOR THE COUNT, NOT YET.

July 29, 2009

 

 

 

 

H.R. 2749 Fails

July 29, 2009

 

 

 

 

Update on H.R. 2749
By Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
July 29, 2009

HR 2749 was pulled from today's suspension list of bills,
it will probably appear later in the week. Will advise.


ALERT: "FOOD SAFETY "BILL FAST-TRACKED-
POSSIBLY TODAY-TUESDAY

July 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

Healthcare is a Good, Not a Right

By Ron Paul
July 20, 2009

 

 

 

 

House Ag Committee Chair Threatens Food Safety Bill

Provided by Lee Bechtel
July 20, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

THE GOON SQUAD ADVANCES ITS “FOOD SAFETY” BILL

-LIKELY TO PASS

July 18, 2009

 

 

 

 

National ID for Health Insurance
and Other Provisions Included in Senate
HELP Committee Health-Reform Bill

By Institute for Health Freedom
July 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

Obama Health Care, Codex, and Supplement Safety

By Lee Bechtel
May 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

OBAMA HEALTH CARE - MORE DUCKS IN A ROW

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
April 22, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

OBAMACARE UPDATE - EARLY 2009

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
April 10, 2009

 

 

 

 

Congress Doesn't Have Time
To Read Bills They Sign

By Dr. Laurie Roth
April 9, 2009

 

 

 

 

What Obama Means for
Functional Foods and Supplements: Part II

By Loren Israelsen
April 1, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

THE EMPIRE STRIKES AGAIN -

CONTROLLING FOOD FROM GROWTH TO TABLE

March 26, 2009

 

 

 

 

Benign B6 Before BioStratum

By Scott Tips
March 2009

 

 

 

 

Will Congress Wipe Out Home Gardens, Growers Markets?

By Sarah Foster
March 23, 2009

 

 

 

 

22 Hawaii House of Representatives Members Sign
Resolution asking FDA to Rescind
Approval for Neurotoxic Aspartame

By Stephen Fox
March 2009

 

 

 

 

Peaceful Dissent and Government Witch Hunts

By Anthony Gregory
March 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

SMALL LIGHT IN HEALTH-FREEDOM

CONGRESSIONAL CHALLENGES

March 14, 2009

 

 

 

 

By Corporate Crime Reporter

By Laura Carlsen
March 4, 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

LEGISLATION NEEDING YOUR ACTION

GET YOUR STATE SENATORS
TO SPONSOR A BILL TO BAN ASPARTAME

February 24, 2009

 

 

 

 

Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA

By Laura Carlsen
February 2009

 

 

 

 

Conservatives Say Gov't.
Health Care Will Literally Kill You

By Jim Kouri
February 12, 2009

 

 

 

 

Obama Tries to Sneak Major
Health Care Reform into the Stimulus Bill

By Cliff Kincaid
February 12, 2009

 

 

 

 

Liberals Propose Fast-Tracking Treaties

By Cliff Kincaid
February 9, 2009

 

 

 

 

Chorus Call for New World Order

By Patrick Wood
January 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

Flirting With Disaster –
The Wrong Time For An Excellent Idea

By Scott Tips
January 2009

 

 

 

 

NHF Lobbyist’s Report

From “Smoke and Mirrors” to Near Reality
– Government-Run Health Insurance and the FDA

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
January 2009

 

 

 

 

Should Medicare Providers Be
Forced to Use Electronic Medical Records?

By Institute for Health Freedom
December 10, 2008

 

 

 

 

Response to NHF Press Release
(Tough Times Ahead for Health Freedom in the U.S.)

November 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

WAXMAN TAKES CONTROL IN THE HOUSE

November 24, 2008

 

 

 

 

Disemboweling America

By Jon Christian Ryter
November 21, 2008

 

 

 

 

U.S. Election Impact on GM Food

By Sarah Hills
November 2008

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

Obama, Dingell, Waxman, Kennedy, and Durbin
Have Control of Decisions That Will Impact
Your Health Freedom of Choice


By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
November 8, 2008

 

 

 

 

Eye on the Health-Freedom Prize

By Lee Bechtel, National NHF Lobbyist
October 2008

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

Stop Excessive FDA Regulation

Push to Amend the FDA Globalization Act Now

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 12, 2008

 

 

 

 

Why We Choose to Defend Liberty

By Anthony Gregory
August 2008

 

 

 

 

North America Doesn't Exist

By Laura Carlsen
July 3, 2008

 

 

 

 

It's All About FDA User Fees

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
June 2008

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

Anti-Supplement Congressmen At It Again & Other Important Legislation

Consumer Action Needed To Amend the FDA Globalization Act of 2008

Contact Your Congressional Representatives Now

By the National Health Federation
June 5, 2008

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

FDA Dietary Supplement Disease Claim Petition
Dietary Supplement Disease Claims

ACT NOW

By the National Health Federation
May 27, 2008

 

 

 

 

States To Homeland Security On Real ID: No Thanks

By Steven Yates
May 11, 2008

 

 

 

 

AER Supplement Guidance Released
-Purposes Abhorrent Erroneous Requirements

By Lee Bechtel (NHF Lobbyist)
April 2008

 

 

 

 

4/30/08 Petition submission has ended. Thank you to everyone that supported
our efforts by signing the on-line petition. The thousands and thousands of
petitions were printed out and mailed this afternoon to Fran Kammerer
(Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) in time for the May 2, 2008 deadline.


NHF PRESS RELEASE
California Targeting Safe Supplements
Don’t Let Them Succeed

By the National Health Federation

 

 

 

 

U.S. & Canadian Governments
Renaming "North American Union" To Fool Citizens

By Jim Kouri
April 17, 2008

 

 

 

 

Bush’s Phoney Free-Trade Agreement

By Cliff Kincaid
April 12, 2008

 

 

 

 

The Emerging Surveillance State

By Hon. Ron Paul
April 7, 2008

 

 

 

 

North American Military
Agreeement Signed by U.S. and Canada

By Jim Kouri
March 11, 2008

 

 

 

 

The Supplements Made Me Do It

By Orrin Hatch
February 21, 2008

 

 

 

 

Trans-Texas Treason
Town Hall Meetings A Con Game

By Alan Stang
February 17, 2008

 

 

 

 

Important NHF U.S. Legislative Update
DHEA Is Under Attack By Congress Again

January 2008

 

 

 

 

Will U.N. Have Jurisdiction
Over All Private Property?

By Derry Brownfield
December 28, 2007

 

 

 

 

Ron Paul Interview with Producer Kevin Miller

Posted December 15, 2007

 

 

 

 

Police with Dogs:
Vaccinating Kids in Maryland

By Barbara Loe Fisher
November 19, 2007

 

 

 

 

Passage of Peru Trade Deal
Endangers Consumers, Fails to Benefit
Farmers in the United States or Peru

By Wenonah Hauter
November 8, 2007

 

 

 

 

Feds Now Targeting Our Backyards

By Partnership for America
November 1, 2007

 

 

 

 

Dingell-Waxman and Durbin-Kennedy Review

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Lobbyist
October 2007

 

 

 

 

North American Union and Global Integration

By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D.
October 1, 2007

 

 

 

 

The Sunlight Rule

By Ron Paul (Weekly column)
September 17, 2007

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE
NHF MISSION: STOP FDA FROM
TREATING SUPPLEMENTS LIKE DRUGS

By the National Health Federation
September 7, 2007

 

 

 

 

Bush Favors U.N. Influence
Over American Healthcare And Law

By Jim Kouri
September 4, 2007

 

 

 

 

North American Union Threat

By Geoff Metcalf
August 27, 2007

 

 

 

 

Congress tells Bush: Back off SPP agenda
Lawmakers' letter warns 'stealth' effort
to 'harmonize' could undermine security

By Jerome R. Corsi
August 17, 2007

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE
Health-Freedom Crisis
Another Supposed Health-Freedom Crisis –
The Real Facts on Durbin’s Amendment

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 6, 2007

 

 

 

 

The Trilateral Commission: Upsurping Sovereignty

By Patrick Wood
August 5, 2007

 

 

 

 

We The People vs. Corporatist-Globalism

By Steven Yates
August 5, 2007

 

 

 

 

Ephedrine – What Is Next?

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
July 2007

 

 

 

 

Global Backlash Against Globalization?

By Patrick Wood
July 2007

 

 

 

 

Public Forums Denied on Upcoming SPP Summit

By Patrick Wood
July 12, 2007

 

 

 

 

Dietary Supplements: FDA Finally Issues
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Guidelines
Over A Decade Late. Value Of GMPs Questioned.

By Bill Sardi
June 28, 2007

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE
FDA RELEASES GMP REGULATIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTS

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
June 26, 2007

 

 

 

How the FDA is Becoming a Drug Company
Consumer Safety and Access
to Natural Health Options Threatened

By Byron J. Richards, CCN
June 14, 2007

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE
FDA Activity: Two More Strikes

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
June 10, 2007

 

 

 

 

North American Union Plan Headed to Congress in Fall
Powerful think tank prepares report
on benefits of integration between U.S., Mexico, Canada

By www.WorldNetDaily.com
May 24, 2007

 

 

 

 

NHF LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
H.R.1561 Overview

May 24, 2007

 

 

 

 

DHEA Supplements Threatened Once Again

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
May 2007

 

 

 

 

Supplements as Drugs
Before the U.S. Supreme Court, Now Decided

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
May 2007

 

 

 

 

The FDA Has Blood on Its Hands

By Bill Sardi
May 16, 2007

 

 

 

 

Understanding the Threat to Dietary Supplements - Part 1
The FDA is Acquiring New Powers
to Suppress Alternative Health

By Byron Richards, CCN
May 15, 2007

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE
SENATE HAS PASSED S. 1082

May 10, 2007

 

 

 

Update on Senate Bill 1082

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
May 2, 2007

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE
WHY SENATE BILL 1082 IS A DANGER TO SUPPLEMENTS

May 2, 2007

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Let's Get the FDA/CAM Issue Put to Rest

April 27, 2007

 

 

 

The Center For Public Integrity - Exposes Big Pharma Lobbying Spending

By The Center For Public Integrity
April 2007

 

 

 

Recent FDA/CAM Regulation "the sky is falling" Sendings

By the NHF
April 9, 2007

 

 

 

Drug Reimportation Is Picking Up Steam In Congress

Provided by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
March 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Health Freedom Constitutional Recognition

Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
March 2007

 

 

 

 

The Dingell-Waxman Durbin-Kennedy Era Begins

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Lobbyist
March 2007

 

 

 

 

AER Bill Passes –
What we may expect in the aftermath

by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
NHF
President and Legal Counsel

March 2007

 

 

 

 

PASSING A HEALTH FREEDOM BILL 
by Pamela Gerry, RN, CCT
NHF Board of Governor Member
March 2007

 

 

 

 

SURRENDERING OUR SOVEREIGNTY 
by Cliff Kincaid
February 24, 2007

 

 

 

 

NORTH AMERICAN UNION "CONSPIRACY" EXPOSED 
by Cliff Kincaid
February 21, 2007

 

 

 

 

Free Trade: Fast Track Battle Heating Up 
by Patrick Wood
February 15, 2007

 

 

 

 

Residents of Planned Union to Be ‘North Americanists’ 
by Bob Unruh
Posted February 2007

 

 

 

 

THE TRUTH ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES 
by Tom DeWeese
January 22, 2007

 

 

 


Truth Be Tolled - DVD Now Available 
by Bill Molina
January 2007
 

 

 

 

Beware Of The Unfolding Anti-Dietary Supplement

Propaganda Campaign
Witch hunt (definition): An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover

subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine.
by Bill Sardi
Knowledge of Health, Inc.
January 17, 2007


 

 

 

NHF Lobbyist Update
Kennedy Calls for Universal Health Insurance

by Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
January 11, 2007

 

 

 

 

One Percent of FDA Sense

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Lobbyist
January 9, 2007

 

 

 

 

Banning Aspartame: A Common Sense Precaution

by New Mexico Senator Jerry Ortiz Y Pino
Sun Monthly
January 5, 2007

 

 

 

 

The North American Union
by Doug Hornig
Posted January 2006

 

 

 

 

WILL THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION BE

AMERICAN PATRIOTS' LAST STAND?
by Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.
December 7, 2006

 

 

 

 

Bush Will Sign AER Legislation
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
December 22, 2006

 

 

 

 

House & Senate Both Pass Adverse Event Reports (AER) Bill

Mourning freedom's early morning loss
by Christopher Barr
December 19, 2006

 

 

 

 

BIG PHARMA JUGGERNAUT ROLLS TO VICTORY -

HEALTH FREEDOM REELS (Parts I & II)

by Byron J. Richards, CCN
December 18, 2006

 

 

 

 

A Challenging Two Years for Health Freedom Advocates

by Lee Bechtel, National NHF Lobbyist

December 2006

 

 

 

 

Final S. 3546/H.R. 6168 (AER) Update
Report by Lee Bechtel NHF Lobbyist
December 9, 2006

 

 

 

 

THE NAU: IT'S THE ELEVENTH HOUR - GET BUSY 
by Devvy Kidd
NewsWithViews.com - © 2006

November 20, 2006
 

 

 

 

Listen to the new internet radio show,

Weekly Wellness Update with Byron Richards (NHF Board Member)

Special guest Scott Tips from NHF

November 14, 2006

 

 

 

 

NHF HIGH PRIORITY ALERT
HELP STOP DURBIN & HATCH IN THEIR TRACKS
IMMEDIATE CONSUMER ACTION IS NEEDED
November 12, 2006

 

 

 

 

Some Security and Prosperity Partnership

Documents Revealed
by Patrick Wood
Oct 24, 2006

 

 

 

 

A Night At The Opera -
The Debate Over Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting

by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

Posted October 19, 2006

 

 

 

 

Quietly, Quietly Building the North American Union
by Professor Steven Yates
October 5, 2006

 

 

 

 

Access to Cheaper Drugs - Sort Of

& NHF Impact on Legislation
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
October 3, 2006

 

 

 

 

AER Still Not Acted On
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
October 2, 2006

 

 

 

 

Congressional Health Freedom Looking-Glass
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 2006

 


 

 

Alert Message to NHF Members
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

Latest AER Piece of the Puzzle
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 25, 2006


 

 

 

Drug Reimportation - Blue Smoke and Mirrors
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 25, 2006

 

 

 

 

Secret Rumsfield Meeting to Implement North American Union;

Health Freedom in Jeopardy

by Byron J. Richards, CCN
September 21, 2006

 
 

 

 

Von Eschenbach Nomination - More Trouble
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 18, 2006
 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE

S. 3546 -
The Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription and

Drug Consumer Protection Act
(Adverse Event Reporting)

September 13, 2006

 

Update:

September 28, 2006 - Click here for information on this bill now introduced in the

House of Representatives as H.R.6168.

 

Update:

October 2, 2006 - Click the following link for the latest information

regarding S. 3546 / H.R. 6168:  "AER Still Not Acted On"

 

 

 

 

North American Union -

A Top Goal of Secretary of Commerce
by Jerome Corsi, Ph.D.
September 6, 2006

 


 

 

Court Upholds FDA Ephedra Ban
Provided by Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 29, 2006

 


 

 

A North American United Nations?

by Hon. Ron Paul of Texas
August 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

Toward a North American Union

by Patrick Wood

August 19, 2006
 

 

 

 

FDA Trilateral Charter – Congress Weighs In
Legislative Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 2006


 

 

 

SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP BACKGROUND

by Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D.
August 7, 2006


 

 

 

Von Eschenbach Confirmation On Hold
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
August 3, 2006
 

 

 

 

NO BORDER, NO ORDER, NO NATION

by Frosty Wooldridge
July 31, 2006

 
 

 

 

You And Me Against The Brave New World
by Chuck Baldwin
July 14, 2006

 

 

 

Homeland Security and Prescription Drug Reimportation
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
July 13, 2006

 

 

 

 

The FDA - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
by Byron Richards
July 2006
 

 

 

 

Passing the Event Horizon
International Charter lacks legal standing

and is drawing us into a black hole
by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

June 2006

 

 

 

 

The Debate Over Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
June 2006
 

 

 

 

S.3546 -

Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer

Protection Act

 Bill Analysis by NHF Lobbyist Lee Bechtel
June 28, 2006


 

 

 

Activities with Congress and the FDA
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
May 2006

 


 

 

RON PAUL NEEDS OUR HELP,

AND NHF MEMBERS NEED HIM

by Hon. Ron Paul of Texas
March 2006

 

 

 

 

Health Freedoms and the 2006 Congress
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
March 2006

 

 

 

 

Contacting Your Congressional Representatives

Information You Need to Know
March 2006

 

 

 

 

Hastert, Frist Said to Rig Bill for Drug Firms

by Bill Theobald
Gannett News Service
Provided by the Tennessean.com

February 9, 2006


 

 

 

Ron Paul's Call for Cosponsors for H.R.4282

by Hon. Ron Paul of Texas
February 3, 2006

 

 

 

 

A Natural Path To Health Freedom

by Kevin Miller

February 2, 2006


 

 

 

Update:  Please click here for details.

 

S.1873 Alert

(Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and

Drug Development Act of 2005)
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
February 2006

 

 

 

 

CAFTA, THE EU & COMMUNITARIAN LAW

by Niki Raapana
January 25, 2006

 

 

 

 

CONGRESSMAN JIM MATHESON OPPOSES

HEALTH FREEDOM

by Coalition to End FDA & FTC Censorship
January 24, 2006

 

 

 

 

NHF PRESS RELEASE

 

ALERT:  America As You Know It May Soon Be Over
 

OPPOSE

The North American Cooperative Security Act (NACSA)

(S.853 & H.R.2672)

by Cheri Tips
January 19, 2006

 

 

 

 

AMERICA WILL BECOME AMERICA AGAIN

by Frosty Wooldridge
January 16, 2006

 

 

 

 

SCUTTLING BAD TRADE AGREEMENTS

by Steven Yates
Posted January 14, 2006

 

 

 

 

NHF Legislative Checklist

December 2005

 

 

 

 

CONGRESSIONAL CHALLENGES CONTINUE
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
December 2005


 

 

 

A BILL TO SUPPORT
by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

December 2005

 

 

 

 

Insights from Our Lobbyist - Lee Bechtel
Congress Poised To Again Block Drug Reimportation
November 2005
 

 

 

 

Alert to Readers
National All Schedules Prescription

Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 (H.R. 1132/S. 518)

Signed into law August 11, 2005

November 2005

 

 

 

 

HR 1790: House Passes Bill Protecting

Children From Forced Psychiatric Medication

by Sepp Hasslberger
November 24, 2005

 

 

 

 

ERASING AMERICA!

by Steven Yates
November 23, 2005

 

 

 

 

THE GLOBAL ELITE: WHO ARE THEY?

by Patrick Wood
November 21, 2005

 
 

 

 

HR 4282: Act Aims To Revolutionize

Nutritional Health Information

by Sepp Hasslberger
November 16, 2005

 

 

 

 

Ron Paul Statement on H.R.4282

HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS
BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 10, 2005

 

 

 

 

Durbin Anti-DSHEA Amendment Still Alive
by Lee Bechtel

National NHF Lobbyist

October 13, 2005

 


CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE

 

 

 

 

Abolishing the USA
by William F. Jasper
The New American
October 3, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Growing Threats to DSHEA

by Paul Anthony Taylor

September 2005

 

 

 

 

FDA SUPPLEMENT REGULATION -

A SLAP AT YOUR FREEDOM

by Hon. Ron Paul
September 2005

 

 

 

 

Congressional Agenda Gets More Ominous
by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

September 2005
 

 

 

 

THE CAFTA LOSS — AND BEYOND

by Steven Yates
August 14, 2005

 

 

 

 

NEXT, THE FTAA

by Henry Lamb
August 7, 2005

 

 

 

 

Scott Tips of the National Health Federation Responds to

NutraIngredients-USA.com Spin Article
Response to NutraIngredients-USA.com’s so-called Article
by Scott Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

August 2005

 

 

 

 

NAFTA, CAFTA, SHAFTA, NOW WHAT?

by Cheri Tips

August 2005

 

 

 

 

Democracy Sold Out -

CAFTA Approved by Pork and a Hill of Beans
Razor Thin Vote Seals Fate Against More Expansion of NAFTA
by Deborah James
July 28, 2005


 

 

 

CAFTA Has Passed
by Chris Gupta
July 28, 2005


 

 

 

FDA Bureaucrat Bonuses
Provided by Lee Bechtel
July 28, 2005

 


 

 

 

SADLY CAFTA/DRCAFTA TREATY PASSES

BY CLOSE HOUSE VOTE 217 TO 215

VIEW THE CAFTA VOTE ROLL CALL FOR

BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE

July 28, 2005

 

 

 

 

HELP DEFEAT CAFTA!

by Charlotte Iserbyt
July 25, 2005

 

 

 

 

NHF URGENT ALERT

DURBIN IS AT IT AGAIN     

 

ACT NOW TO SAVE OUR SUPPLEMENTS

DURBIN WANTS TO KILL OFF MORE

U.S. TROOPS BY NOT HAVING ACCESS TO

LIFE SAVING SUPPLEMENTS

July 24, 2005

 

 

 

 

CAFTA Update - Bush Stumps Today - Bill Clarification

by Philip Beckwith
July 21, 2005

 

 

 

 

Where They Stand On CAFTA

Provided by the Liberty Committee
July 19, 2005

 

 

 

 

Urgent Press Release

National Health Federation Urgent Alert - CAFTA  

July 2, 2005

 

 

 

 

What All Americans Should Consider Regarding H.R. 2234

Provided by the Institute for Health Freedom
June 2005

 

 

 

 

We Need You To Act Now

Keep Pounding Senate Finance Committee On CAFTA-

Tomorrow is the Bigger Day- Still Deliberating
by John Hammell

June 2005
 

 

CAFTA UPDATE

 

 

CAFTA Petition Letter

 

 

 

 

H.J. Res 27 Voting Outcome
June 10, 2005
 

 

 

 

FOOD CZAR WITH SHEEP’S CLOTHING
by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

April 2005

 

 

 

 

Are Biological Warfare Vaccines The Same As

Routine Childhood Vaccines?

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

March 2005

 

 

 

 

Alternative Medicine Loses Key Slot and Member

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

March 2005

 

 

 

 

Federal Expectations 2005

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

March 2005

 

 

 

 

World Trade Organization Ruling on

GMO Foods Signals Danger for DSHEA

by The Dr. Rath Health Foundation
February 2005

 

 

 

 

Science For Political And Bureaucratic Ends

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

January 25, 2005

 

 

 

 

Lame-Duck Congress Acts

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

December 2004

 

 

 

 

FDA Starting Off On Wrong Foot Again

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

November 20, 2004

 

 

 

 

Anabolic Steroids Bad & Good News

Current Update by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

October 14, 2004

 

Update - The Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004

has been signed into law by President Bush

 

 

 

 

“WILL THE REAL FDA PLEASE STAND UP?”
DRUG REIMPORTATION &

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

September 2004

 

 

 

 

Anabolic Steroids Update

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

July 13, 2004

 

 

 

 

Political Pressure for

Drug Reimportation Is Growing

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

July 2004

 

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE FDA DOING NEXT?

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

July 2004

 

 

 

 

H.R. 3866 Passes
The Noose Tightens Around DSHEA.

by Scott Tips
(Editor of Health Freedom News,
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF)
June 29, 2004

 

 

 

 

Durbin DSHEA Attack Underway

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

June 22, 2004

 

 

 

 

Assault on Dietary Supplements Continues

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

June 10, 2004

 

 

 

 

TEN YEARS AFTER DSHEA – IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
DIETARY SUPPLEMENT HEALTH AND EDUCATION ACT

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

May 2004

 

 

 

 

Institute of Medicine Executive Summary
"Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety"

April 1, 2004
 

A just released Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “Dietary Supplements: A
Framework for Evaluating Safety” has concluded that the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) doesn't need direct evidence of human harm before banning the sale of dietary supplements.

The report also concluded, among its recommendations, that the 1994 Dietary
Supplement Health Education (DSHEA) law should be amended to mandate supplement
manufacturers' reporting of adverse side effects, just like prescription drug
makers must now do.

According to Dr. Susan Walker, the FDA's dietary supplement chief, the report
"appears to be consistent" with the ephedra supplement approach and "We
anticipate this will be a very useful document." DSHEA requires the FDA to
demonstrate “unreasonable risk” from a supplement, something the panel insisted can
be done with less strict evidence. The report says that data from animals,
test-tube studies, or similar products could suffice to justify the removal of a
supplement from the market.
 

In April, all supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids are slated to become
the first classification of supplements to be banned by the FDA. The FDA’s
action comes after 155 deaths, over eight years, were linked to a specific
ingredient, and after the FDA changed its position. Rather than proving a
supplement actually caused an adverse human health effect, a supplement ingredient's
actions inside of the body were the grounds for the banning regulation.

Existing scientific data and the FDA’s own Adverse Event Reporting (AER) data
shows that adverse events, in the same year, related to supplements were
1,214 compared to 300,000 for prescription drugs. Illnesses from tainted foods,
which the FDA regulates, kill 5,000 Americans each year. A 2002 survey of a
national pharmacy database has found a total of 429,827 medication errors from
1,081 hospitals. And, in 2001, 7.5 million unnecessary surgeries were performed
and resulted in 37,136 unnecessary deaths. This data is not included in the IOM
report, but comes from Congressional hearings on the safety of dietary
supplements.

According to public survey data, the majority of the 158 million Americans
who take supplements believe them to be either reasonably or completely safe.
Surveys have also shown that people take supplements for purposes such as
treating colds or alleviating depression, even though there are health claims
restrictions on product therapeutic benefits.

A PDF file containing the Executive Summary of the IOM Report, with findings
and recommendations can be reviewed or downloaded by clicking the following link:

 

Institute of Medicine Executive Summary



 

 

 

FDA REGULATION & CONGRESSIONAL BILLS WILL SEVERELY
RESTRICT ACCESS TO DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

February 6, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

FDA Ephedrine Supplement Ban (Press Release)

February 6, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

Dietary Supplements

Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids Final Rule Summary

 

 

 

 

Latest FDA Ephedra/Ephedrine Alkaloids News

December 30, 2003

**Click here***

 

 

**********************

 

***LEE BECHTEL REPORTS -- FDA BAN ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS***

Click on the following  to review:

 "Support for FDA Ban on Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Ingredients"

Overview Article

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILL ACCESS TO DRUG TREATMENTS BE ENHANCED?

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

October 7, 2003
Issues: H.R. 2427, Access to CAM Services, &

California ND licensing bill - S.B. 907

 

 

 

 

Bush Administration Joins Assault On DSHEA

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

September - October 2003

 

 

 

 

Federal and State Medical Treatment Access Legislation

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

May - June 2003

 

 

 

 

Government Regulation Of Common Sense

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

July - August 2003

 

 

 

 

The Other Shoe Drops

by Scott Tips

June 2003, Whole Foods Magazine

 

 

 

 

Drive For Medical Care Choice Legislation Initiated

By Lee Bechtel
January - February 2003, Bechtel & Associates Advocate Report

 

 

 

 

Dietary Supplement Big Brothers  

By Lee Bechtel

April 2003

 

 

 

 

Privacy Of Medical Records May Depend On Good Faith

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

May - June 2002, Health Freedom News