May 2007

House passes veterans’ chiro bill

The House passed a bill designed to increase veterans’ benefits for chiropractic care. HR 1470, supported by both the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the International Chiropractors Association (ICA), was passed in the House by a vote of 421-1.

The bill amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program to provide chiropractic care and services to veterans through V.A. medical centers and clinics at 75 medical centers by Dec. 31, 2009 and all medical centers by Dec. 31, 2011.

According to the ACA, both the ACA and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) lobbied for passage of the bill. The ICA, in an earlier press release, urged all chiropractors to contact their representatives to support the bill.

Sources: HR 1740, http://Thomas.loc.gov; American Chiropractic Association, www.acatoday.com; International Chiropractors Association, www.chiropractic.org.

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