Is chiropractic now backed by insurance companies and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)?
Yes. Yes it is on a limited basis. Question: What do you think the future holds for network chiropractic and for alternative medicine in general, in the United States? I think it is the future. Absolutely, I see the medical model of health care crumbling. You can see it happening all over. I’ve been in practice for twelve years, and when I first got into practice I spent a lot of time with people trying to educate them into this way of thinking. They wanted their pain to go away, understandably, and they couldn’t understand what I was saying. Today, people are coming in looking for it. I believe that this is the future, and the medical model of health care really and truly is crumbling and they are going to have to make changes because it is not working, we are a very sick country. Question: Does chiropractic believe that all disease stems from disorder or dysfunction of the spine and vertebrae? Do you make any exceptions? Well, what chiropractic believes is when your spine is misalign