| By Bob Marcus, CAOMA MediCare Lobbyist |
| Dana Rohrabacher of California |
| Today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R), 46th district, California, became the 42nd co-sponsor of the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2005. |
| Rep. Rohrabacher is a long-time and early supporter of the Hinchey Bill. He co-sponsored the 1997 bill when it had 17 co-sponsors. Rep. Rohrabacher was a co-sponsor of the 1999 bill, which had 22 co-sponsors. He co-sponsored Rep. Hinchey's 2001 bill, which was co-sponsored by 36 members of the House, and he was a co-sponsor of the acupuncture bill in the last Congress, when 63 representatives were co-sponsors. |
| As a five-time California co-sponsor of the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act, Rep. Rohrabacher becomes the 12th member of the California congressional delegation to co-sponsor H. R. 818. |
| Indeed, on June 24, 2003, Rep. Rohrabacher, in a speech on the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives mentioned acupuncture, among other modalities. He said |
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"The American people need to have these available to them, these and other vehicles for a good healthy life." |
| Rep. Rohrabacher's reference to acupuncture was published in The Congressional Record. |
| Visit Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's home page at http://rohrabacher.house.gov |