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Exciting news for those who support acupuncture: There is currently legislation in train in Congress to modify both the Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits program to allow for reimbursement of services provided by qualified acupuncturists. It was referred to House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Government Oversight on 1/22/2009 for consideration. It is important that acupuncture supporters weigh in with their Congressional representatives to let them know how important this legislation is.

For more information about this bill, visit WashingtonWatch.

Dr. Mark Kestner, an insightful Practitioner in Tennessee, hits the proverbial home run with this March 8th article in the Murfreesboro Post:

A friend sent me a news story the other day. The headline read: Real and Fake Acupuncture More Effective than Drugs for Chronic Headaches. The article detailed how acupuncture has been shown to be more effective than medication in relieving chronic headaches.

The interesting point to me in the story was that the “fake acupuncture” was also more effective than the drugs. I wondered what the researchers were calling fake acupuncture. That’s one of the difficulties in trying to research something like acupuncture; it is nearly impossible to have a placebo group as part of the study. (more…)

This report comes from Dr. Will Morris, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncturist in Texas who heads that State’s Society of Certified Acupuncturists:

“Exciting times are here. I had the privilege of attending the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public, Feb. 25-27 in Washington, DC. There seems to be a change in the weather in terms of health care. President Obama announced a commitment to health reform with budgetary support the night before the summit.” (more…)