March 2004

Pilzer receives Parker honorary degree

Parker College of Chiropractic will award an honorary Doctorate in Public Service to Paul Zane Pilzer, its commencement speaker. The degree will be awarded during Parker College’s 56th commencement ceremony on April 17..

Pilzer’s commencement address is entitled “Today’s Heresy is Tomorrow’s Dogma.” He will explain how throughout history, from the trial of Galileo to modern medicine, science has been turned upside down by new thinking that seemed to be heresy when it was first promulgated. Medicine today is undergoing a similar transformation from treating mostly sickness and the symptoms of disease to prevention and wellness.

Since 1985, Pilzer has been a strong advocate of federal tax parity for wellness versus sickness expenditures. Four of his books have highlighted the economic fallacy of treating only the symptoms of disease and have called for granting consumers a tax-efficient vehicle to spend money on their own wellness and preventative medicine. Congress recently authorized Health Savings Accounts which allow consumers and their employers an annual $5,150 tax deduction/contribution for wellness.

Source: www.parkercc.edu

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