ANOTHER NATIONAL VICTORY FOR CHIROPRACTORS

11/22/02
 	

	ARLINGTON, VA (Chiro Wire) President Bush signed into law yet

again, legislation in favor of chiropractors that allows them to

participate in a federally funded student loan reimbursement 
program.



	



	Pushed by the American Chiropractic Association, the new 
Health

Care Safety Net Improvement Act (S. 1553) allows doctors of 
chiropractic

to participate in the National Health Service Corps¼ reimbursement

program for a three-year pilot trial. The NHSC grants certain 
health

care professionals who deliver primary care services in „medically

underserved¾ geographic areas, reimbursement for student loans,

according to ACA. 



	



	The new law follows close behind legislation requiring

chiropractic care in the Department of Defense and the Department 
of

Veteran Affairs health care systems.



	„This is another significant victory for the chiropractic

profession,¾ says James Dewards, chairman of ACA. „It sends a 
strong

signal that chiropractic care should be considered an essential 
element

in the deliver of health care in this nation.¾