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US Military and Veterans to
Receive Benefits for Chiropractic Care
In a recently passed bill, the US House and Senate
agreed on language that sets up open access to
chiropractic care in the VA (Veterans Administration).
This new law, when enacted, will open access for all US
military and veterans to receive chiropractic care under
that program. The details and implementation of the
program have still to be worked out but the intent was
clear.
The bill contains the following language, "at least one
site for such program (chiropractic) in each geographic
service area of the Veterans Health Administration" (VHA).
The chiropractic care specifically includes subluxation
care, as well as a training program to orient the VHA
personnel regarding the benefits of chiropractic care
and services and employment of doctors of chiropractic.
This means that chiropractic care should be made
available through the hiring of chiropractors at each
geographic location that the VA has a health care
facility.
Chiropractic organizations have been attempting get a
law such as this passed that gave these benefits to US
veterans since 1936. In response to the law passage, the
International Chiropractors Association released the
statement, "This represents a great victory for the
chiropractic profession and the veteran beneficiary
alike, and comes in the face of massive opposition from
competing professions as well as agency bureaucrats who
have opposed and obstructed any meaningful access for
veterans to chiropractic services for decades."
Although it is not entirely clear how the VHA will fully
implement this new law, or how long it may take to be up
and running, the language of the law does ensure that
care will be provided. Probably one of the most telling
portions of the law reads, "The chiropractic care and
services available under the program shall include a
variety of chiropractic care and services for neuro-musculoskeletal
conditions, including subluxation complex."
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