Citizens & Scientists Urge Transparency In ACOEM New Mold Statement Revisions

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Citizens, Taxpayers and Concerned Scientists Urge Transparency In Workers’

Comp Medical Association Guidelines Used To Determine Environmentally

Injured Worker’s Comp Insurer Benefits & Request Government Oversight To

Curtail Insurer Cost Shifting Onto Taxpayer Funded Disability Programs For Work

Related Injuries

On November 28, 2010, over ninety physicians, scientists, injured workers,

employers, citizens and taxpayers sent a request to the occupational

physician trade organization, the American College of Occupational and

Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) to include public comment before finalizing

their

2010 Revisions (March 2011 AOHC Session # 2207) to their highly

controversial policy over mold induced illnesses, established in 2002. To

assure

transparency and scientific accuracy in US health policy, fair workers comp

insurer claims handling practices, and to assure that US health policy

guidelines established by private sector physician organizations are in the US

work force and public’s best interest; a Request for Oversight of ACOEM’s

policy and intended revisions was sent to President Obama, Attorney General

Holder, HHS Secretary Sebelius, the Senate HELP Committee and the

Congressional Education and Labor Committee. Comments by concerned scientists,

physicians and the public made be read in the “Request for Oversight†link.

The letter to which the comments and requests for private sector medical org

transparency and federal government oversight were attached, reads as

follows:

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