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I recently received the following information from one
of my chiropractic news sources, Dynamic Chiropractic.
H.R. 5202 Mandates Chiropractic at Every VA Medical Center by 2010
Providing chiropractic benefits to the nation’s
veterans has been a goal of the chiropractic profession for decades.
Chiropractic founder, B.J. Palmer first promulgated the idea of
making chiropractic a health benefit for veterans as early as 1937, and even
succeeded in having a bill introduced in Congress that would have given
veterans access to chiropractic services.
While Dr. Palmer’s original efforts were unsuccessful, the
profession finally reached its goal in January 2002, when President George
W. Bush signed into law the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care
Programs Enhancement Act, which established a permanent chiropractic benefit
within the Veterans Affairs health care system.
H.R. 5122: Guaranteeing
Chiropractic Care to All U.S. Military Personnel
On Oct. 30, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into
law the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2001, which
included a historic provision requiring access to chiropractic services,
including “care for neuromusculoskeletal conditions typical among military
personnel on active duty.” It
also required full implementation of chiropractic benefits be over a
five-year period throughout all service branches of the military, and
mandated that the Department of Defense develop an “implementation plan”
to ensure adequate provision of chiropractic benefits.
Building on the requirements of that provision, the
U.S. House of Representatives has passed new legislation that would expand
access to chiropractic care not just to active-duty military personnel in
the United States, but also to all members of the armed services at U.S.
military treatment facilities worldwide.
“The passage of this language is a victory for our
men and women in uniform, as they are one step closer to accessing the
chiropractic care they need and deserve.”
Obviously these are new and marvelous mandates in which
we, as chiropractors, can offer a health regime of immediate care and
maintain care so that the men and women protecting our country can enjoy
these healthful benefits through these tense and stressful times.
Chiropractically
Yours,
Robert
R. Zinser, D.C., C.C.S.P., P.C.
www.zinserchiropractic.com
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