Why
Families are turning to the Member Share Network
Families all over the world are waking up to the fact that
conventional medicine is sick care and while sick care is a irreplaceable
blessing for life threatening disease and emergencies, it is not so great for
routine and chronic conditions. For these conventional medicine has only
the same antidote to offer that it has for emergencies and that is drugs and
surgery. Families are sick and tired of drugging their children and
themselves, they are seeking (actually demanding) a better way, a safer and
healthier way.
Safe, natural health care
is not intended to replace conventional medicine, it is simply a better choice for non emergency, routine and chronic illness!
Families that decide to turn to natural
alternatives often find it difficult and frustrating to locate proven
information or a professional practitioner they are comfortable turning to for
their family’s health. There is actually an understandable reason that quality
natural health is difficult to find. It
is because government regulatory boards that have a responsibility to protect
the public make it very risky for practitioners to offer the safer alternatives
families are demanding. While public
protection is certainly a valid conc ern and as well intended as these boards
may be, unfortunately the rules they set forth limit what health care
practitioners may say, what services they may offer and what treatment they can
prescribe. When practitioners venture
outside these rules they are putting their license and life savings on the line
and even risk going to jail. It also
does not matter whether the practitioner is state licensed or an unlicensed
natural practitioner they share the same risk to a large degree.
If your licensed doctor is hesitant to
discuss natural alternatives, or you find your natural health practitioner
essentially hiding in the shadows, keeping a low profile with a small client base,
now you know why. Another impediment to
finding a professional level of natural services is the fact that practitioners
are not required to join with any credible regulating organization that assures
they are qualified and that holds them accountable to quality standards. Needless to say, we understand the frustration
you likely have experienced finding a professional level of natural health
services you trust.
The Member Share Network was developed
to address these problems and to provide access to a professional level of
natural alternatives for you and your family.
Because of the legal structure of the Network, practitioners are
protected from regulatory boards that would otherwise restrict them from
assisting you, as long as you are a member of the Network as well. This is the reason your PMA licensed
practitioner will request that you join the Network before he/she will assist
you, in fact, don’t expect to receive assistance if are not a member of the
Network. Even though the practitioner
may be licensed in the Network, providing services to non-members puts them
right back at risk and is highly discouraged.
Health care practitioners whether
state licensed or not as well as mental health counselors that seek license to
offer services in the Network must pass rigid standards to qualify for PMA
license. The practitioner must meet specific educational
standards then must participate in a comprehensive
evaluation of his or her credentials as well as pass a detailed background
investigation. These steps are conducted
by our risk assessment team at STS Inc . Once this assessment is complete and the PMA
receives practitioner approval from STS, the PMA team then goes to work
validating practitioner qualifications and conducting additional background
review. If the practitioner passes this
second line of review and is approved by our final review committee, license is awarded.
Once license is approved practitioners final step is to participate in consultation with a staff member to review PMA standards and ethics and this last step takes about an
hour. The cost of PMA license is not
inexpensive; practitioners can easily spend $500 or more for the application
process and annual license fees can range from a few hundred to a couple of
thousand dollars. Frankly, the PMA
license process is more stringent than many state license board processes and as y ou can see, practitioners licensed by the
PMA are quality providers and are very serious about their practice and
services to you.
When seeking natural health services
- look for the D.PSc or PSc.D designation following the practitioners name. These mean PMA
licensed and they also mean Quality and Professional Standards!
While the Network, not unlike state agencies, cannot guarantee
that any provider or the services they provide are right or suitable for any
individual, you can rest easy knowing that the Network is populated with
verified professional health care providers from every field of health care in
virtually all U.S. States, Canada and multiple other Countries and this
includes mental health counselors, medical doctors, pastors, chiropractors,
natural health professionals, acupuncturist, herbalist, energy medicine
professionals and many more. Practitioners are required to disclose their
qualifications to you, only provide services they are qualified to offer and
must discuss their proposed plan of helping you and the expected outcome before
beginning and service to you. Natural health services are generally not covered by insurance but this is not always the case and your provider will discuss your particular situation with you.
Joining Member Share is required to
receive services from network providers and besides, it is after all the perfect way to take charge of your own health!
A
whole new world of safe and effective health care options
are available to you through the Network. Not only will you have access
to quality providers, you will also have unlimited access to private “member
only” pages of the PMA website that are populated with our private library, and
educational section on immunizations, specialty products and even to self-care
education and much more. If there is not a licensed PMA provider in your
community, you will also have access to practitioners that consult on-line or
by phone and to a complete variety of laboratory testing that can be ordered
right in your hometown.
And Joining
the Member Share Network is FREE. The PMA subsidizes all
memberships as part of our mission to assure that all families have access to a
professional level of safe, natural alternatives. If for some
reason you decide that the Member Share network is not right for your
family, you can cancel your membership at any time and that too is FREE!
If you would like to join us
right now at no cost today or ever just go here and complete your registration
on-line!
You can also join us by visiting any PMA licensed provider
however a $10 administrative fee may apply in some circumstances.
If you feel that conventional medicine is right for emergencies
and wrong for getting your family healthy and keeping them that way - Reserve Your Right to choose your own medicine" and have the peace of mind of knowing that you are receiving services from
professional providers!