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H.R. 2560 108th Congress House

Chiropractic Medicare Freedom and Benefit Protection Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the scope of chiropractic services that may be furnished under the Medicare Program and that chiropr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the scope of chiropractic services that may be furnished under the Medicare Program and that chiropractors are the only health care professionals qualified under that program to furnish those services.

Introduced: November 21, 2003 See on congress.gov
Health Chiropractic and chiropractorsMedical feesMedicarePhysical examinationsSocial Welfare
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Jul 1, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 26, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 23, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 23, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 1, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Chiropractic Medicare Freedom and Benefit Protection Act - Amends part D (Miscellaneous Provisions) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise the definition of chiropractor, specifying the scope of chiropractic services that may be furnished under Medicare, namely, those which are clinically necessary care when examination by a chiropractor demonstrates objective evidence of a subluxation; and (2) provide for payment of chiropractic services as physicians' services.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 21, 2003
LINDER, JOHN
· Jul 25, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2560: Chiropractic Medicare Freedom and Benefit Protection Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2560/
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"H.R. 2560: Chiropractic Medicare Freedom and Benefit Protection Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2560/.
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H.R. 2560, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2560/.
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