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SCONRES 32 106th Congress Senate Health Access to health care Chiropractic and chiropractors Health maintenance organizations Managed care Medicare Medicare managed care Social Welfare

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the guaranteed coverage of chiropractic services under the Medicare+Choice program.

Introduced: May 17, 1999 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 17, 1999
Introduced in Senate
May 17, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5426)
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that it is the sense of Congress that: (1) treatment by means of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation is a uniquely chiropractic service that Congress recognized in 1972 as a benefit under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; (2) it is the unequivocal intent of Congress to ensure that every individual enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice) has access to all covered services under Medicare part B; and (3) as a covered service under Medicare part B treatment by means of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation provided by a doctor of chiropractic is a covered service for individuals enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan.

What's happening now May 17, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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