CELEBRATING OUR ANNIVERSARIES AND PROUD ACHIEVEMENTS

20 years ago TRI-PAC Health and Wellness Advocacy  was established by Prof. Victor S. Dorodny, M.D., Ph.D., MPH (Founder & Chairman of the Board of Directors), and Mr. Robert Donin, MPA, President.

Over the past 20 years, TRI-PAC Health and Wellness Advocacy emerged as a nationally recognized and respected organization for its active participation in the areas of healthcare policy design and implementation.

In practical terms, we were fortunate to be able to assist thousands of patients coping with life changing illnesses with such issues as denial of care, appropriateness of care, access to care, limits of coverage, out-of-network services, to name a few.

It is a not for profit organization Governed by a respected Industry Advisory Board, TRI-PAC has been extremely effective working with local, state and national legislators and regulators to influence policy and politics of health care, as well as the practical aspects of delivery of health services.

We are proud to successfully defend the health consumers rights of our members/clients in their fights with the likes of Kaiser Permanente, Humana, Blue Shield, Health Net and others, whose bad faith actions and inaction's were jeopardizing patent's lives and well being.

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We are also proudly celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Naturopathic Evidence-Based Wellness (NEW™) Institute.

When family health and well-being are at stake, we all want the best information available. We all want the correct information. We want unbiased information.

The National Institute of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other agencies that we traditionally rely upon to serve as vanguards of medical authenticity are experiencing funding and manpower shortages. While these agencies are without doubt the most capable sources of evaluating legitimate health-benefit claims, they are buried by the sheer volume of their mandates, and have difficulty coping.

Dr. Dorodny, the founder of the non-profit NEW™ Institute, recognized the critical need for a repository of unbiased, timely medical research and information. The goal of NEW™ was and remains to provide such a repository of current, reliable, legitimate, hard information that empowers its members to make good, safe decisions for both consumers and providers.

The advocacy of NEW™ serves first and foremost as a member resource. When appropriate, it also assist regulatory agencies such as the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in determining the legitimacy of claims made by product suppliers and vendors.

Finally, it provides an authoritative resource for its members who manufacture food supplements to educate their markets about the true benefits of their products through compelling and compliant advertising and marketing.

All-in-all, please Be Well!
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For more information on our organizations, membership, etc., please contact Mr. Robert A. Donin, M.P.A. by mail: 11693 San Vicente, Suite 346, Los Angeles, CA 90049, (310) 420-2169, or by e-mail: robertdonin@yahoo.com

Founder & Chairperson of Board, Victor S. Dorodny, M.D., PhD, MPH can be reached by e-mail: Dorodny@doctor.com
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ПРАЗДНУЕМ НАШИ ЮБИЛЕИ И ГОРДЫЕ ДОСТИЖЕНИЯ

20 лет назад TRI-PAC –Организация Защиты Здоровья И Прав Медицинских Потребителей была создана Академиком Виктором С. Дородный, Доктор медицины, Доктор философии, Магистр Организации Здравоохранения. Основатель и Председатель Совета Директоров, и г-н Роберт Донин, MPA, Президент и Исполнительный Директор

За последние 20 лет, TRI-PA Организация Защиты Здо
ровья И Прав Медицинских Потребителей превратилась в национально признанную и уважаемую организацию которая активно участвует в области здравоохранения разработке и осуществлении медицинской политики государства и отдельных штатов..

В практическом плане нам повезло быть в состоянии помочь тысячам пациентов справляться с болезнями угрожавшими их жизни и бороться на их створоне к таких случаях, как отказ в помощи, адекватности медицинской помощи, доступа к медицинской помощи, пределы покрытия, вне сетевых услуг, и многих других.

Это некоммерческая организация, регулируемая Консультативным Советом была чрезвычайно эффективной в работы с местными, региональными и национальными законодателями и регуляторами влияющих на политику здравоохранения, а также практические аспекты доставки медицинские услуги.

Мы гордимся тем, что смогли успешно защитить здоровье тысяч и тысяч потребителей в их боях с подобными Kaiser Permanente, Humana, Blue Shield, Net и многими другими страховыми компаниями чья недобросовестность, действий и бездействия ушрожали жизни и здоровью пациентов.

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Мы также с гордостью отмечаем 10-летие Института Натуропатической Доказательной Медицины-(NEW ™) институте.

Когда здоровье семьи и благополучие находятся под угрозой, мы все хотим наилучшую имеющейся информации. Мы все хотим правильную информацию. Мы хотим объективную и своевременную информацию.

Национальный институт здоровья (NIH), Национальная Администрация пищевых продуктов и медикаментов (FDA), и другими учреждениями, которые мы традиционно полагаемся проверять качесва и подлинность продуктов и пищевых добавок испытывают нехватки финансирование и рабочей силы. Хотя эти учреждения, без сомнения, наиболее надёжными источниками такой информации, они похоронены под объемами работы и мандатов.

Доктор Дородный, основатель некоммерческого NEW ™ института, вовремя оценил насущность и необходимость сщздания хранилища объективной, своевременной медицинской информациию

Цель NEW ™ была и остается предоставления такого виртуального хранилища, надежной, законной, краткой информации, которая дает возможность как потребителемб так и производителям, принимать правильныеб своевременные, и безопастные решения..

NEW ™ Институт, в первую очередь, служит ресурсом для потребителей. При необходимости, мы также помогаем регулирующих органов, таких как FDA и Федеральная торговая комиссия (FTC) в определении законности претензий, предъявленных поставщиками и продавцам продукции.

Наконец, он обеспечивает авторитетный ресурс для своих изготовителей пищевыч добавок и помогает им правильно и законно рекламировать и продавать свою продукцию..

Для получения дополнительной информации о нашых организациях., пожалуйста, свяжитесь с г-н Роберт А. Донин, MPA (Mr. Robert A. Donin. MPA) по почте: 11693 Сан-Висенте, Suite 346, Los Angeles, CA 90049, (310) 420-2169, или по электронной почте: robertdonin@yahoo.com

С основателем и председателем совета Академиком Виктор Семёновичем Дородным можно связаться по электронной почте: Dorodny@doctor.com

Kudos to AFL-CIO, its Members and Affiliates…

…for their effort to address “mangled health care" head-on!

In Thursday, March 22, 2007 edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Anya Sostek, staff writer, writes (excerpted with commentaries by Dr. Dorodny):

“…The "Health Care Hustle" Web site invites readers to submit their stories of being broken down and bruised by the health-care system.

The site www.workingamerica.org/healthcarehustle which opened to the public yesterday and to members last week, already has attracted more than 500 responses, which is only a drop-in-the bucket, considering the daily obstacles workers and their families need to overcome to access appropriate health carING.

Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO which represents about 1.5 million Americans who are not part of labor unions encourages users to send automated messages to "greedy corporations," the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the insurance industry and the Bush administration.

According to Ms. Karen Nussbaum of Working America, the organization plans to launch a major campaign against the "evildoers" who receives the most votes against them.

The “evildoers” only care about their executive compensation, stock options, share prices, private jets, etc.

Currently, workers and their Unions have only themselves to blame for proliferation of and the abuse by the “evildoers” that are “just doing their jobs”.

Strive for universal access to appropriate and affordable health carING is an achievable, but a long-tem undertaking. Universal payer/single payer proposals are abundant, problematic and deceiving.

"The trade union movement today is both more embattled and smaller, and that means that it has to use the weapons of the week," said Prof. Lichtenstein (UCSB). "It's the same thing that any agitational group who is out of power would do."

But creative media campaigns will not properly address what’s on the mind of every worker: health carING. Address these issues and watch your membership and your power soar.

Organize your members and move from an "agitational group" to an enabling one.
Unfortunately, sending automated messages to “greedy corporations” will not work either.

It will not work because Pharma Manufacturers only care about their profit margins. Please read the “NEW Prescription for Pharma Marketing” and related postings on this site.

Similarly, insurance companies have core values divergent from those of workers and their families.

In addition to the conflicting core values, “business disconnects” exist due to logistical, financial, physical and ethical aspects of mangled health care:

*The workers and their families usually does not request, do not order or directly pay for the services.

*The insurance companies, HMOs, never request, do not receive, nor order the services.

*The doctors who order the services do not pay for them, nor receive the services.

Insurance companies, HMOs and other "mangled" health care companies entire purpose is to grab as many pennies from workers health care dollar as they are allowed to by the workers.

They do grab a sizable chunk: 15 cents out of every healthcare dollar without actually working, being sick or providing services.

Sign me up!

The lame-duck President Bush did not care about the worker even before he became a lame duck.

Dear Unions,

Please return to your basic focus on collective bargaining and controlling the purse strings, with a clear understanding of the fact that employees are the buyers (direct and/or indirect) of health carING services.

Employees are the buyers of health care and should drive, if not control, all health caRING decisions.

Workers and their families can request and receive health carING from doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospitals, labs, pharmaceutical companies, etc, without mangled care companies.

Doctors, nurses, pharmacist, hospitals, labs, pharmaceutical companies, etc, can provide health carING without mangled care companies.

Workers and their families can pay for health carING without mangled care companies.

Employees and their Unions do not need the middle men (employer, insurance company, managed “mangled” care company and its stockholders) to take a 15 cent bite out of every health carING dollar!

I, for one, am willing to make a difference and show the way!

We gripe, you decide.

Zelda's Single Payor Legend

TRI-PAC Health and Wellness Advocacy vociferously opposes the reintroduction of SB 840 (Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, aka Zelda Gilroy).

In 2004, TRI-PAC leadership met with Deputies from the Office of Senator Sheila Kuehl and their “consultants” to inform and educate them, as well as to express objections and call for amendments. Unfortunately, our discussions fell on deaf ears.

Last legislative session, on request and recommendation of TRI-PAC, the Governor responded favorably and vetoed the bill (SB 840).

The education and teaching community have done a great disservice to their students, parents, to their profession, and should be ashamed of themselves for supporting and advocating passage of such misinformed and misguided policy and legislation which is not in the best interest of children, families, current and future generations of Californians.

Single payer health care is a system where government pays for all health care costs usually from taxes. Private hospitals and physician practices may remain private. Single payor is distinct from socialized medicine; hospitals are run by the government and medical professionals are employed by the government.

In 1975 my mother and I went to visit relatives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. My Dad (now deceased) was an ophthalmologist who stayed behind to tend to his patients. I went swimming in Lake Winnipeg. I got stung in the eye by a mosquito. I could not be seen nor could I get a prescription. There was a fee dispute between the physicians and the Manitoba Provincial Government. The system came to a grinding halt. There was a physician classmate of my Dad on site. He stood firm with his colleagues in "solidarity" and would not see me. I returned from our visit to Winnipeg with the stinger in my eye as a Canadian "souvenir".

In the ensuing 30 years, there have been no material improvements to the Canadian system—people still have to wait for elective surgery, CAT Scan, MRI, and other ancillary service that we take for granted.

Now, that the health care proposals by the Senate President Pro-Tempore, the Assembly Speaker, the Governor, and Senator Kuehl (which was heard separately) begin their way through the legislative process.

I have been informed that all these bills will be negotiated and combined into a single bill for passage by both the Assembly and the Senate and forwarded to the Governor for signature.

SB 840 is a "legend" in the minds of misguided politicians.

Its intent is not doable.

It will not cover the uninsured.

Robert Donin,
President, TRI-PAC Health and Wellness Advocacy
11693 San Vicente Boulevard, #346
Los Angeles, CA. 90049
robertdonin@yahoo.com