COVERAGE FOR CHIROPRACTIC

• The U.S. Congress has authorized the provision of chiropractic services for all Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
• Federal employees have chiropractic coverage in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program and in the Federal Employee Workers' Compensation Program.
• Fifty-nine (59) percent of workers at firms with 20 or more employees have chiropractic coverage through their employer-sponsored insurance.  This represents approximately 39.8 million Americans.   (Lippman 1996)
• Two thirds of HMOs covered chiropractic care for some portion of their membership in 1993, and just over one-half (51.5 percent) covered care for all of their enrollees.  (1993 Group Health Association of America (GHAA) annual industry-wide survey of HMOs, as reported in:   Palsbo 1995)
• All 50 states have authorized the provision of chiropractic care under state workers' compensation laws.
• Chiropractic services are included in the Railroad Retirement Act.
• The Internal Revenue Service includes chiropractic services as a valid medical deduction.