March 2007

ICA’s legislative goals for Congress

The International Chiropractic Association’s (ICA) Board of Directors has embraced a series of legislative goals to be promoted in the new session of the U.S. Congress. Included in the list of goals for the chiropractic profession are initiatives that are designed to be realistic, of practical as well as symbolic value to the profession and worthy of profession-wide support. Those priorities are:

• The introduction and passage of a “Sense of Congress” resolution calling for the implementation of statutory authority already in place to commission doctors of chiropractic as healthcare officers in the U.S. Armed Forces.

• The introduction and passage of legislation establishing a permanent chiropractic benefit in the federal TRICARE program for military dependents and retirees.

• The introduction and passage of legislation providing veterans better access to chiropractic care and direct access to chiropractic services without medical referral.

• The introduction and passage of legislation requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide chiropractic access at all facilities.

• The introduction and passage of Medicare reform legislation that would require chiropractic examinations and x-rays be paid for and would establish chiropractic services under Medicare to only be furnished by a doctor of chiropractic. The current law only specifies “manual manipulation,” which has been interpreted as a generic procedure that might be applied by a wide range of providers.

Source: International Chiropractor’s Association (ICA), www.chiropractic.org

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