August Recess Provides Opportunity for DCs to Meet, Talk to Representatives on H.R. 2654, Senators on S. 4042 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are slated to head home to their districts and states starting July 29....
John Falardeau
The Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act Is Reality: Now What?
In early 2021, the president signed into law legislation that will promote fair competition in health insurance markets with the removal of a 75-year-old exemption that allowed companies to avoid federal antitrust laws. The Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (H.R....
A Senate Bill Has Been Introduced… What Does That Mean?
On Thursday, April 7, just before a two-week congressional recess, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined by his colleagues Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), introduced S. 4042, the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act, a bipartisan...
Virtual Lobby Day Yields More Cosponsors for Medicare Bill, But Much Work Remains
The ACA’s second Virtual Day on the Hill was again a success as 272 attendees participated in a total of 175 meetings. To date, five additional House members have cosponsored H.R. 2654, the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act, as a...
Signs Point to Greater Access to Chiropractic for Service Members, Civilian Beneficiaries
With the recent passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), report language accompanying the legislation included vital support for expansion of chiropractic services for civilian members who access the Department of Defense (DoD) health care delivery system known...
Congressional Recess Starts, Kicking Off Virtual Constituent Outreach Sessions
August Recess Provides Opportunity for DCs to Meet, Talk to Representatives About H.R. 2654 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are slated to head home to their districts and states starting July 30. The start of the...
ACA Announces Legislative Priorities for the 117th Congress
With the new year and the first session of the 117th Congress now underway, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is ready to tackle several important legislative issues on behalf of ACA members, patients and the chiropractic profession. The ACA Legislative Committee...
UPDATED: Bipartisan COVID-19 Relief Package Contains Tax Fix, More Resources for Chiropractors
In a COVID-19 relief and federal spending package passed earlier this week by a bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate lawmakers, several important items that the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) lobby team has been pushing for have been included...
Congress Poised to Address Provider Nondiscrimination Before End of Year
In 2009-2010, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) was heavily involved in procuring a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that would end the blatant discrimination doctors of chiropractic and other providers encountered from insurance companies and...
Feds Simplify Forgiveness Process on Small PPP Loans
Recently, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a simplified forgiveness application for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under $50,000. The simplified form cuts the application’s size down from five pages to two and removes most of the questions...
