The $40 Million Exam: What the NBCE Doesn’t Want You to Ask

This Deep Dive episode exposes the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners' plan to centralize Part IV testing in Greeley, Colorado. The podcast critiques the NBCE’s official narrative of efficiency and fairness, uncovering a web of contradictions, cost shifting, transparency failures, and unvetted changes to state licensure pathways. It reveals how the NBCE is sitting on $40 million in reserves while forcing students to bear new travel costs of up to $1,500 per exam. With unsubstantiated claims of "faster licensure" and questionable stakeholder engagement, the episode highlights how the NBCE's consolidation efforts may undermine student equity, institutional autonomy, and public trust.