Senate Bill 25 passed the Senate last week and is already out of committee in the House, meaning it will likely receive a vote this coming week in that chamber. This bill will ensure chiropractic care that is covered by insurance is paid for at rates at least in line with Medicare or higher.
This is important in order to encourage the use of chiropractic care as an alternative to opioid medication to address pain issues many Delawareans experience. It is uniquely positioned as a treatment for back pain and chronic headaches, which a peer-reviewed medical journal has indicated are alarming drivers of opioid-related deaths. Other peer-reviewed studies have indicated that chiropractic physician care reduces opioid usage rates, costs significantly less than the opioid treatment path, and contributes to preventing addiction and overdose death.
In Delaware, back problems are a top-three cost driver and are among the most common conditions resulting in disability and lost productivity.
Making sure that chiropractic care is affordable and covered by insurance companies at Medicare reimbursement rates is an important step in promoting chiropractic are as that alternative to opioids. That is because currently, insurance companies that do cover chiropractic do so at low rates, forcing many chiropractors to charge high copayments, reduce care or not accept insurance payments at all.
| Senate Bill 25 Sponsors | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| Townsend, Hansen, S.McBride, Sokola, Walsh, Wilson, Pettyjohn | Senate Passed 21-0. Brown Ennis Gay Hansen Lockman Mantzavinos Paradee Pinkney Poore S.McBride Sokola Sturgeon Townsend Walsh Bonini Hocker Lawson Lopez Pettyjohn Richardson Wilson | None |
| Bentz, Heffernan, Baumbach, Brady, Griffith, K.Johnson, Longhurst, Minor-Brown, Mitchell, Morrison, Schwartzkopf, K.Williams, Wilson-Anton, Yearick, Briggs King, Gray, Hensley, Ramone, M.Smith, Spiegelman | ||
| Current Status — | Out of Committee 6/16/21 |
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