June 30, 2017– The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is encouraged by the reports that the U.S. Senate is slated to add $45 billion to its healthcare reform bill, emphasizing the need for healthcare reform efforts that further address the nation’s opioid epidemic.
“Both the House and Senate bills designed to restructure the healthcare delivery system have been mostly silent on the opioid issue,” said ACA President David Herd, DC. “A key component of any healthcare legislation emerging from Capitol Hill today must be a strong focus on combating opioid abuse and encouraging alternatives to the overprescribing of pain medications. ACA applauds the Senate for recognizing this shortcoming in the bill; however, we believe Congress needs to continue work on the measure to ensure Americans have access to substantive healthcare plans.”