[Mb-civic] HR 4282 Introduced [Health Freedom Protection Act] FYI

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Health  Freedom Protection Act (HR 4282) 
Introduced Into US  Congress...  
Opinion by Health Freedom Advocate  Tim Bolen _http://www.bolenreport.net/_ 
(http://www.bolenreport.net/)   
Sunday, November 13th, 2005   
The  US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) was originally designed to serve the 
 needs of the American public.   
Of  course, these days, it does no such thing - it is owned, outright, by 
"Big  Pharma," the very industry it is supposed to regulate.  
Not  just is there a revolving door of pharma employees with the FDA, but 
every  committee is in the hands of the drug pushers.  In fact, the FDA is little 
 more than a gun carrying enforcement agency whose only purpose seems to be 
to  stifle, raid, imprison, shut down, harass, torture, lie about, and 
generally  discourage competition to drugs, drugs, and more drugs. 
They don't even try to hide  it. 
Despite "Big Pharma's,",and their  minions at the FDA's best efforts, 
however, over fifty percent of the total US  health health dollar is spent on 
alternatives to "organized medicine."  The  National Science Foundation indicates 
that 88% of all US adults use, and believe  in, some alternative to "organized 
medicine."  That's no surprise when you  consider that "organized medicine" is 
the number one, two, and three killer of  Americans (the medical system itself, 
heart disease, and cancer) at 2,036,884.  Americans are just trying to 
protect  themselves. (http://www.bolenreport.net/support.htm)  
The number one cause of  unnecessary death in the United States, called 
Iatrogenic deaths (the system  itself)  is 783,986. 
The number  two cause of unnecessary death in the United States is Heart 
Disease. Statistics  show "The 2001 heart disease annual death rate is 699,697." 
The number  three cause of unnecessary death in the United States is Cancer.  
 Statistics show "the annual cancer death rate, 553,251." 
The total number of known  unnecessary deaths, per year, directly due to the 
American Medical System is  2,036,884. 
But that's  about to end - perhaps.  The powerful North American Health 
Freedom  Movement is flexing its muscle - and has  gone to the US Congress and said 
"Enough is enough. We've got to stop the drug  pushers." 
Congress has  responded.  And what Congress did was to activate HR  4282. 
What's HR 4282  about? 
It's  simple.  When enacted, the bill  will: 
(1) amend the drug  and health claim provisions of the Food Drug and Cosmetic 
Act (FDCA) to permit  truthful disease treatment claims for foods and dietary 
supplements (presently  FDA prohibits all such claims. 
(2) prohibit FDA  from preventing any who sell foods and supplements from 
sending consumers  government reports (and accurate quotes form government 
reports) on  nutrient-disease associations. 
(3) prohibit FDA  from preventing any who sell foods and supplements from 
sending consumers  scientific publications on nutrient-disease associations;  
(4) limit FDA  disclaimers on health claims to no more than three concis 
(http://www.bolenreport.net/support.htm) e  sentences. 
(5) require FDA to  permit health claims to be made unless FDA proves there 
to be no scientific  evidence to support the claims and no disclaimer capable 
of avoiding  misleadingness;  
(6) compel FDA to  approve or disapprove health claim petitions within 100 
days or the claims will  be automatically allowed. 
(7) require FDA to  consider studies of the treatment effect of nutrients in 
evaluation of  nutrient-disease prevention claims. 
(8) prohibit FDA  from waiving conflicts of interest in its food advisory 
panels considering  health claims. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(9)  reverse FDAs denial or restriction of the following nutrient-disease  
association claims: (a) saw palmetto treating benign prostatic  hyperplasia; (b) 
omega-3 fatty acids and coronary heart disease; (c)  omega-3 fatty acids and 
sudden death heart attacks; (d) glucosamine and  chondroitin sulfate treating 
osteoarthritis; and (e) calcium reducing the  risk of bone fractures.  
(10)  prevent FDA from disallowing structure function claims that include 
terms  that refer to signs or symptoms of disease so long as the disease itself  
is not mentioned. 

(11) amend the deceptive advertising provisions  of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (FTCA) to make all publications exempt  from regulation by the 
amendment to the FDCA also exempt from regulation  by the FTC. 
(12)  prohibit FTC from regulating as advertising any truthful and accurate  
summary of findings from peer-reviewed scientific publication.   
(13)  require FTC to give notice and an opportunity to cure to any company  
suspected of engaging in deceptive advertising of a  health 
(http://www.bolenreport.net/support.htm)   benefit. 
(14)  prohibit FTC from commencing a deceptive advertising investigation of a 
 health benefit promotion unless FTC possesses proof by a preponderance of  
the evidence that the ad is false and  misleading. 
(15)  require FTC to prove that an ad is false and misleading and that it  
actually misleads consumers before FTC may hold an advertiser guilty of  
deceptive advertising.  

The bill, the "Health Freedom Protection Act, HR 4282",  co-sponored by 
Congressmen Ron Paul (TX), Peter DeFazio (OR), Dan Burton  (IN), Walter Jones (NC), 
Rob Bishop (UT), John J. Duncan (TN), Roscoe  Bartlett (MD), Jeff Miller 
(FL), Butch Otter (ID) and Tom Tancredo  (CO). 
This will be a huge battle with "Big-Pharma."  It  will be the first of many 
conflicts to dislodge "Big Pharma's" hold on  North American health care -and 
their obvious intent to destroy the US  economy. 
America needs to be "healthy" not  "medicated." 
Stay  tuned... 
Tim Bolen - Consumer  Advocate









Copyright 2005 by Bolen  Report 
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