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Stop Dangerous Chiropractic Bills from Passing House

The House is expected to vote soon on House Bills 5759 and 6201, which would endanger patients by expanding chiropractic scope of practice from the "spinal column" to the "musculoskeletal system." MSMS believes there is no valid reason to increase scope of practice for a profession that has not increased its training or education to be commensurate with their scope of practice expansion.
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"In the past decade alone, for example, the number of U.S. medical school graduates entering family practice residencies has dropped by 50 percent. Studies have linked a lower percentage of primary care physicians with higher infant mortality rates, higher overall death rates and more deaths from heart disease and cancer."
 
-("Study in JAMA study links primary care shortage with salary disparities," UGA News Service, September 5, 2008)
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