October 2006

Air Force asked to explain non-expansion of chiropractic

Four members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee has called on the U.S. Air Force to explain why expansion of the chiropractic benefit at 11 Air Force bases has yet to happen.

In a letter dated October 11, 2006, Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), Jeb Bradley (R- N.H.), Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), and Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) asked Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne for the list of specific action steps it has taken to implement the chiropractic benefit at 11 sites that were named in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act. The Air Force was given until Sept. 30, 2006, to complete the implementation.

Specifically, Sec. 712 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, PL 109-163, requires the Air Force to complete implementation of chiropractic services for active duty members at 11 sites which had not opened in accordance with the Department of Defense Report on Chiropractic Health Care Implementation Plan (August 2001). Sec. 712 also states that if the Air Force determines that it is not feasible to provide chiropractic health care services at any of the 11 identified facilities, the Air Force shall provide chiropractic services at an alternative site.

Source: American Chiropractic Association, www.acatoday.org

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