04/13/2026
Annual lobbying day on Capitol Hill for inclusion of naturopathic doctors like me in Medicaid in states where we are licensed as doctors and to explicitly include doctors of naturopathic medicine into the Dept. of Education’s definition of qualifying professional degrees. This is despite being recognized as a professional degree by the Dept. of Ed. since 1999 based on their own NCES tables.
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If we are left out of being explicitly included in professional degrees or we don’t get the language restored to contain “professional degrees include but are not limited to…” our profession will crumble and fail to continue the pipeline of primary care trained naturopathic doctors. This also impacts other health professionals access to lending like PAs, NPs and nurses. Hopefully we make some headway 🤞🏼 Thanks y’all for the support, even if it means a like, comment or share over the years.
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