Sep 28, 2026 · 54 min · 16 segments
Chiropractic may be facing one of its biggest opportunities to influence American healthcare. Brandon Hoffman joins Dr. Ray Foxworth to discuss the MAHA Chiropractic Hub, progress on Medicare policy…
Brandon HoffmanGuest
Ray FoxworthHost
And I don't know if all the doctors understand the importance of getting involved with candidates when they first run.
And I don't care if we're talking about the dog catcher may ultimately end up being a governor or a senator.
And the sooner we get involved with supporting those people in the very early stages, the man, that brings a loyalty that you literally cannot buy.
I was fortunate to have that kind of relationship with one of our congressmen, literally stuffed envelopes, licked envelopes, helped them fundraising, got our profession motivated.
And when he got to Washington, he was one of the ones that supported this initially or the chiropractic bill.
So I as a takeaway docs, get involved with your candidates because most of them who get in office or will ultimately seek a higher office and let's just ride their coattails.
The other thing that I want to comment on is you said they were looking for a DC in Washington and you weren't, you were either of those, but in my opinion, that's a great choice to bring you into this because there are so many chiropractic warriors out that are not DCs that are passionate about this profession, more passionate sometimes than some of our own colleagues.
You're not a DC, but you, People in your position are able to have, I think, a huge impact, and you don't have to be a DC to do that.
And to that end, you know, I think the proof point in that is really our first job to tackle was getting the ICA and the ACA on the same page about the Medicare bill, because without the two national associations being in sync, we couldn't really discern, hey, what is our path forward? What are we saying on this bill? We need to be unified.
And I think being a non-DC allowed me to be a neutral arbiter when connecting with both associations.
I didn't bring any past baggage of being a member of one, not the other, et cetera.
And what that led to is we got a memorialized memorandum of understanding signed by both the ACA and the ICA to work in unison on the Medicare bill with three amendments we all agreed to.
And that, in my mind, was monumental and a huge win, especially one month in to running the hub.
And I think it would have been a harder lift had it been a DC in this role.
And the thing I think I... uniquely bring as a non-DC is I grew up in this profession.
And I don't know if all the doctors understand the importance of getting involved with candidates when they first run.
And I don't care if we're talking about the dog catcher may ultimately end up being a governor or a senator.
And the sooner we get involved with supporting those people in the very early stages, the man, that brings a loyalty that you literally cannot buy.
I was fortunate to have that kind of relationship with one of our congressmen, literally stuffed envelopes, licked envelopes, helped them fundraising, got our profession motivated.
And when he got to Washington, he was one of the ones that supported this initially or the chiropractic bill.
So I as a takeaway docs, get involved with your candidates because most of them who get in office or will ultimately seek a higher office and let's just ride their coattails.
The other thing that I want to comment on is you said they were looking for a DC in Washington and you weren't, you were either of those, but in my opinion, that's a great choice to bring you into this because there are so many chiropractic warriors out that are not DCs that are passionate about this profession, more passionate sometimes than some of our own colleagues.
You're not a DC, but you, People in your position are able to have, I think, a huge impact, and you don't have to be a DC to do that.
And to that end, you know, I think the proof point in that is really our first job to tackle was getting the ICA and the ACA on the same page about the Medicare bill, because without the two national associations being in sync, we couldn't really discern, hey, what is our path forward? What are we saying on this bill? We need to be unified.
And I think being a non-DC allowed me to be a neutral arbiter when connecting with both associations.
I didn't bring any past baggage of being a member of one, not the other, et cetera.
And what that led to is we got a memorialized memorandum of understanding signed by both the ACA and the ICA to work in unison on the Medicare bill with three amendments we all agreed to.
And that, in my mind, was monumental and a huge win, especially one month in to running the hub.
And I think it would have been a harder lift had it been a DC in this role.
And the thing I think I... uniquely bring as a non-DC is I grew up in this profession.
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