Health care is a focus and important issue in our country. Please refer to the article by Bruce Kennedy published April 2, 2011: “As Medical Costs Rise, More Americans Turn to Acupuncture” It was published in Daily Finance (www.dailyfinance.com) an AOL money and financial informative news site. Below are highlights from the article about the expanding, beneficial field of acupuncture in US health care:
- 2007 National Health Interview Survey, a poll of Americans showed approximately 3.1 million U.S. adults and 150,000 children received acupuncture in 2006.
- This is a 0.3% increase or about 1 million people increase from 5 years before.
- 2004 Kaiser Family Foundation survey showed only half of employer-sponsored
health plans cover acupuncture and other complementary and alternative medicine treatments.
- Colorado lawmakers are working on a measure to make it easier for licensed acupuncturists to get insurance reimbursement.
- Representative Maurice Hinchey is introducing legislation to add acupuncture to
the list of services covered by Medicare and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Let your physicians know how acupuncture has been a benefit for you. Let your government representatives know you’d like acupuncture included in state and national health plans including Medicare.
We all are in charge of our own health. Sometimes employee plans include it. As the country moves toward more state/national coverages, speak up to be sure what serves you is available at reasonable fees.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hope it is helpful and interesting. If you have specific health issues you’d like me to address let me know. Contact me at 301 352 2520 or colette@hypnostrategies.com
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