Nebraska Resolution Supports Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION: That the Legislature strongly urges
members of the United States Congress to swiftly enact legislation to provide for veterans’ access to treatments for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder that include hyperbaric oxygen therapy . . . .

PRESS RELEASE
9 April 2026, Arlington, VA

The office of Senator Kathleen Kauth in the Nebraska Legislature announced that LR293 received a vote of 43-0. The Resolution, on its way to the Governor for a signature, calls on the US Congress to “swiftly enact legislation to provide veterans’ access to treatments for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder that include hyperbaric oxygen therapy.” Nebraska becomes the 14th state to weigh in on the need for VA action to address the suicide crisis among Veterans [OK, TX, IN, KY, AZ, FL, NC, WY, MD, VA, ND, TN, MO, and NE].

Nebraska has about 115,000 Veterans. That number equates to over 20,000 Veterans suffering from undiagnosed or untreated brain wounds, with a multi million dollar per year financial burden on Nebraska citizens for untreated TBI/PTSD.

The Resolution recognizes that alternative therapies must be brought forward to do the job that the VA relegates to mental health, where drugs and talk therapy have proven inadequate to stem the suicide epidemic. Both the VA and the DoD call Suicide Prevention their #1 clinical priority and spend hundreds of millions of dollars in a losing effort to treat and heal TBI/PTSD. Veteran suicides since 9/11 now exceed 161,000.

The TreatNOW Coalition is helping in Nebraska and around the country to end suicides. We have learned that Hyperbaric Oxygen is uniquely capable of ending suicidal ideation. It helps end symptoms of PTSD, get patients off most of their drugs, and heal brain wounds. It heals the effects of Concussion, BLAST injury, mild TBI, Persistent Post Concussive Syndrome, and polytrauma from Operator Syndrome, AHI, and Burn Pits. No Veteran or civilian has ever been killed or hurt while undergoing HBOT treatment for TBI/PTSD.

TreatNOW provided support to the Nebraska legislature in understanding the magnitude of the challenge, and the safe and effective intervention available today. Facts matter:

• ~7,085+ U.S. service members killed in combat since 9/11 — ~53,000 wounded in action
• 17.6 Veteran suicides per day
• 61,000+ veterans have died by suicide since 9/11 — nearly 23 times the combat death toll
• 109,000+ veterans have died from drug overdose — prescribed and otherwise — since 9/11
• 270,000+ total veteran deaths from suicide and overdose combined — nearly 38 times the combat death toll
• 17.6 veterans die by suicide every single day — the VA’s own number — and the trend is UPWARD year over year
• The veteran population has DECREASED by 10% over the same decade — making the rising suicide rate even more catastrophic in real terms
• $5.375 billion spent by the U.S. Government on Suicide Prevention over the last ten years — with little improvement in outcomes
• 877,000+ Veterans carry untreated brain wounds right now
• 33,000+ brain-wounded veterans, athletes, first responders, and civilians have experienced enhanced quality of life through Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) — many returning to work, school, and active duty, reclaiming a future with freedom to choose, which the current, failed standard of care denied them
• Fourteen states [OK, TX, IN, KY, AZ, FL, NC, WY, MD, VA, ND, TN, MO, and NE] have passed legislation or Resolutions calling for the use of HBOT for veterans with TBI/PTSD; seven have allocated over $32M to get started. Five more states are moving in the legislative direction to do what the VA will not. 
• 12,500+ Veterans have benefited from HBOT treatment for their TBI/PTSD
• 180+ Coalition clinics delivering treatment across the country, many pro bono
• 28 peer-reviewed studies confirming HBOT safety and efficacy for brain wounds
• 85% recovery rate for mild-to-moderate TBI
• 10 Secretaries of the Veterans Administration over 25 years have been informed about the science, safety, and efficacy of HBOT and still the institution refuses to offer it or even inform Veterans about its availability
• Hundreds of drugs, devices, processes, computer programs and other interventions by DOD/VA/medicine DO NOT TREAT THE WOUND TO THE BRAIN, and ALL are used off label since none have been approved by the FDA for TBI, PTSD, Concussion, BLAST, or post concussive syndrome or polytrauma. None of the hundreds of drugs prescribed by the VA/DOD are approved by the FDA for brain wounds, and over a dozen warn of suicidal ideation.
• Less than ½ of 1% — The ROI for the cost of HBOT treatment for 877,450 Veterans over a lifetime vs. the lifetime cost of no treatment. Projected untreated costs exceed $4.7 Trillion
•  And unlike psychedelic and hallucinogenic and plant-based medicines like psilocybin and ayahuasca and ibogaine and MDMA and marijuana, HBOT is backed by decades of research, 28 clinical studies and proven safety and efficacy to treat and heal brain wounds, today.

HBOT Heals Brains, Stops Suicides, Restores Lives. TreatNOW.

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