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NEWS from Hearing on Chiropractic Services in the VA 

Witness List and Statements

At left, Health Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) looks on as Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) makes an opening statement.   At right, Chairman Stearns asks witnesses a follow-up question as the Subcommittee's Ranking Democratic Member Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) listens to the exchange
Above left, Dr. Rick A. McMichael, D.C., center, of the American Chiropractic Association's DOD Oversight Advisory Committee, leads a panel representing the chiropractic community.   He was joined by, from left, Ronald M. Hendrickson, Executive Director of the International Chiropractors Assocation (ICA); Dr. Michael S. McLean, D.C., Chairman of the ICA's Legislative Committee; Dr. Reed Phillips, Ph.D., D.C., President of Los Angeles College of Chiropractic; and Dr. George Goodman, D.C., President of Logan College of Chiropractic.  Above right, Dr. Thomas V. Holohan, M.D., Chief Patient Care Services Officer of the Veterans Health Administration, listens to the testimony of Dr. Frances M. Murphy, M.D. M.P.H., the VA's Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health.

At left, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Michael L. Cowan, M.C., Deputy Executive Director and CEO of DOD's TRICARE Managment Activity, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, answers a follow-up question.  He was accompanied by Dr. Richard D. Guerin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director of Health Program Analysis and Evaluation for TRICARE Managment Activity, DOD.