Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) has introduced legislation into the U.S. House of Representatives, HR 409, which would correct a long-overdue inequity in federal health programs by extending chiropractic health care services to U.S. military dependents and retirees through the TRICARE program. 

Titled the Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act, HR 409 provides: 

• The Secretary of Defense shall complete development of a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits, as a permanent part of the TRICARE program, for covered beneficiaries.
• The plan shall require that a contract entered into under section 1097 of title 10, United States Code, for the delivery of health care services shall
  1. Include the delivery of chiropractic services;
  2. Require that chiropractic services may be provided only by a doctor of chiropractic; and
  3. Provide that a covered beneficiary may select and have direct access to a doctor of chiropractic without referral by another health practitioner.

ICA urges all doctors and patients of chiropractic in the United States to contact their Members of Congress and urge them to add their names to this important bill as co-sponsors. 

{@click_here} Correspondence, including email, fax and/or a letter with envelope, is already prepared for your signature on AdjustTheVote.org. 

• HR 409 - Text of Bill
• HR 409 - ICA News Release

• H.Res. 294 - Text
• H.Res. 294 - Millitary Commissions Issue Brief
• H.Res. 294 - Millitary Commissions Talking Points