NEWS
from Hearing on Chiropractic Services in the VA
Witness List
and Statements
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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 |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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