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The Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium (IHPC) is a broad, active coalition advocating public policy to ensure all Americans access to safe, high quality, integrated health care. We endorse a healthcare system that includes conventional, complementary, and alternative approaches, as practiced by qualified providers working in respectful collaboration to offer effective patient-centered care.

IHPC has three main Working Groups at this time. They are:

• The Federal Policy Task Force
• The Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC)
• The National Education Dialogue (NED)

Individuals and organizations involved in IHPC include consumers, business and education leaders, healthcare professionals, and educational institutions from conventional and complementary/alternative healthcare disciplines. We have created a unique alliance of healthcare "insiders" collaborating as a unifying voice to improve America's healthcare system from the inside out.

Well-conducted research has established that millions of Americans regularly use complementary and alternative healthcare approaches every day, often in conjunction with conventional care. Research has also revealed that most of this complementary care is paid for by the patients themselves, showing how important this care is to Americans. It also indicates, however, that because qualified integrated care is not yet covered by Medicare and other forms of insurance, it is not equally available to all Americans. Only those who can afford the out-of-pocket costs have access to real choices in their health care. IHPC advocates healthcare policy that will provide comprehensive integrated care to all Americans.