Coalition Unites the Chiropractic Profession Behind Bipartisan Medicare Modernization Legislation and a Coordinated Agenda

What’s this all about? Helping to advance federal policy, expand patient access, and build broad public support for chiropractic care across America — at the most pivotal moment for the profession in five decades!

Check Out These Videos from the MAHA Chiropractic Hub Announcement:

• Leigh Merinoff (Board Member, MAHA Action)

• Brandon Hoffman (Executive Director, MAHA Chiropractic Hub)

• Tony Ebel, DC (Certified Pediatric + Wellness Chiropractor)

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June 3, 2026, was truly an historic day for the chiropractic profession, as the MAHA Chiropractic Hub officially launched, creating the first dedicated chiropractic presence within the national Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.

A coordinated national partnership uniting MAHA Center, MAHA Action, and the chiropractic profession – including national associations, state organizations, practitioners, educators, researchers, and patient advocates – the MAHA Chiropractic Hub will advance federal policy, expand patient access, and build broad public support for chiropractic care across America.

For decades, chiropractors have championed principles that Americans are now demanding from their healthcare system: Drug-free care, prevention, healthy lifestyles, patient-centered solutions, and addressing root causes instead of simply managing symptoms.

“The Chiropractic profession is exactly the kind of drug-free, whole-person, prevention-first care that the Make America Healthy Again movement was built to champion,” said Tony Lyons, President, MAHA Center. “The Chiropractic Hub brings both practitioners and patients into the fight against chronic disease and gives Americans a real alternative to a system that too often treats symptoms rather than root causes.”

Chiropractic Belongs at the Table

With an organized front, the chiropractic profession has the unique opportunity to help shape the conversation at the national level.

The MAHA Chiropractic Hub serves as a centralized home for chiropractors within one of the most influential health reform movements in the country. It is designed to educate policymakers, amplify chiropractic’s value, support advocacy efforts, and ensure that chiropractic is represented as healthcare decisions are being discussed and implemented.

Most importantly, it sends a powerful message: Chiropractic belongs at the table.

This is not about politics! It is about ensuring that patients, policymakers, and healthcare leaders understand the vital role chiropractic plays in building a healthier America.

With MAHA’s millions of dedicated followers across the country, this is an opportunity we cannot afford to overlook. It provides a unique platform to amplify our message, reach a large and engaged audience, and increase awareness of our mission on a significant scale.

MAHA Chiropractic Hub’s Focus

The future of healthcare is being discussed right now. With the formation of the MAHA Chiropractic Huib, chiropractic now has a place in that conversation. And that is something worth celebrating.

The initiative is focused on supporting children, military personnel, veterans, seniors, and all families seeking non-drug, non-surgical healthcare options. “Chiropractic is an essential, evidence-informed, prevention-based component of a sustainable American healthcare system, not an ‘alternative service,’” the MAHA press release reads.

Following a convening of chiropractic leaders in Washington, DC, this past March (pictured, left), the Chiropractic Hub’s founding priorities were established. The discussion focused on the need for a coordinated national strategy to expand access to chiropractic care, strengthen federal recognition of the profession, advance Medicare modernization, and better integrate chiropractic into military, veteran, and broader public health systems.

The Chiropractic Hub operates across four pillars:

• Education and media
• Research and access expansion
• Coalition building, and
• Federal advocacy, through MAHA Action’s 501(c)(4) arm

The Chiropractic Hub will pursue the four coordinated workstreams below in 2026.

• National PR and Education Campaign: An emphasis on building public, policy, and professional support for chiropractic as a credible, accessible and prevention-focused modality that aligns with MAHA priorities.
• Medicare and Federal Recognition: A goal to advance the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act (R. 539 / S. 106) in the 119^th Congress and advocate for the full implementation of Section 2706 of the Affordable Care Act, ensuring that Medicare and privately insured patients have greater access to chiropractic care.
• Military Integration: Engage with the Defense Health Agency and Army Medical Research to embed chiropractic care across military health systems and within active-duty personnel, reducing early exits from service and offering a non-surgical alternative for musculoskeletal injuries.
• Department of Veterans Affairs: The Hub will engage the VA Secretary to issue a nationwide directive expanding chiropractic access for veterans and their dependents. The goal is to eliminate excessive wait times, minimize restrictions, and open the Community Care Program network to more providers.

The evidence supporting chiropractic’s role in the American healthcare system is substantial. At its foundation, chiropractic takes a whole-body view of health: the nervous system controls every aspect of the body, spinal adjustments address subluxations to support the body’s natural ability to heal, and care focuses on root causes rather than treating symptoms alone.

In spine and pain outcomes, where the evidence base is deepest, for example, patients who see a chiropractor for back pain are significantly less likely to fill an opioid prescription and face dramatically lower treatment costs [1]. In workers’ compensation cases, surgery rates stand at just 1.5 percent when care begins with a chiropractor, compared to 42.7 percent when it begins with a surgeon [2]. Despite this, federal investment in chiropractic care remains a fraction of comparable disciplines, and barriers to access persist across Medicare, the VA, military health systems, and private insurance.

To learn more and join the movement, visit https://www.mahacenter.org/chiropractic-hub.

About the MAHA Chiropractic Hub

The MAHA Chiropractic Hub is a national initiative of MAHA Center and MAHA Action that convenes national and state chiropractic organizations, practitioners, educators, researchers, and patient advocates to advance federal policy, expand patient access, and build broad public support for chiropractic care across America.

About the MAHA Center and MAHA Action

MAHA Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of Americans through education, critical examination, and innovation. MAHA Action is its affiliated 501(c)(4) advocacy organization.

Citations

[1] Whedon JM, Toler AWJ, Goehl JM, Kazal LA. “Association Between Utilization of Chiropractic Services for Treatment of Low-Back Pain and Use of Prescription Opioids.” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2018; Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 552–556. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2017.0131.

https://www.logan.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Chiropractic-services-and-opioid-utilization_Whedon.pdf

[2] Keeney BJ, Fulton-Kehoe D, Turner JA, Wickizer TM, Chan KC, Franklin GM. “Early Predictors of Lumbar Spine Surgery after Occupational Back Injury: Results from a Prospective Study of Workers in Washington State.” Spine, May 15, 2013; Vol. 38, No. 11, pp. 953–964. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182814ed5. PMID: 23238486.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23238486/

Sources:

MAHA Center Press Release, “MAHA Center Launches National Chiropractic Hub to Champion Drug-Free, Prevention-First Care,” June 2, 2026

Chiropractic Summit Email to Summit Partners, June 3, 2026