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My wife just asked...what about "alternative" medicine?

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garthranzz Donating Member (816 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 09:40 PM
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My wife just asked...what about "alternative" medicine?
acupuncture

biofeedback

etc.

Will the plan address that?

(She's a former REpublican)
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   My current insurance covers alternative medicine such as acupunture etc.  skorpo   Sep-09-09 09:49 PM   #1 
   My Error--I get a discount through a discount program I bought  skorpo   Sep-09-09 11:57 PM   #11 
   Only for the lucky few who have the "right insurance"  ProudDad   Sep-09-09 10:02 PM   #2 
   Medicine, is science, not religious belief.  robo50   Sep-09-09 10:04 PM   #3 
   Huh? Biofeedback is a MEDICAL, SCIENTIFICALLY TESTED TECHNIQUE  garthranzz   Sep-09-09 10:09 PM   #4 
   here here  Joe the Revelator   Sep-09-09 10:12 PM   #5 
   Then explain the placebo effect  TayTay   Sep-09-09 10:20 PM   #8 
   Something to remember.......  Timmy5835   Sep-09-09 10:26 PM   #9 
   Have fun  MichaelHarris   Sep-09-09 10:13 PM   #6 
   For procedures proven by science, I believe my ins. co. covers some of those.  Honeycombe8   Sep-09-09 10:15 PM   #7 
   This belongs in the woo forum. nt  woo me with science   Sep-09-09 10:52 PM   #10 
   I hope not. (nt)  Posteritatis   Sep-10-09 12:16 AM   #12 
 
skorpo Donating Member (226 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 09:49 PM
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1. My current insurance covers alternative medicine such as acupunture etc.
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skorpo Donating Member (226 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 11:57 PM
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11. My Error--I get a discount through a discount program I bought
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ProudDad (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:02 PM
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2. Only for the lucky few who have the "right insurance"
It's bullshit.

Single-Payer is the only thing that would work...
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robo50 (773 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:04 PM
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3. Medicine, is science, not religious belief.
Please inform your wife that science rules medicine, not her pet faith-based choices made of her own free will and not backed by scientific fact.
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garthranzz Donating Member (816 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:09 PM
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4. Huh? Biofeedback is a MEDICAL, SCIENTIFICALLY TESTED TECHNIQUE

So is acupuncture.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3427124
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:12 PM
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5. here here
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TayTay Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:20 PM
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8. Then explain the placebo effect
and why it works for so many people.

http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_pl...

Medicine is an art and a science. It should be practiced as both in order to heal.
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Timmy5835 (309 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:26 PM
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9. Something to remember.......
Eastern (Chinese) medicine has been around for about 5000 years Western medicine on the other hand has only really been around since the civil war.
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:13 PM
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6. Have fun
with that. Biofeedback, I spewed my milk.
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Honeycombe8 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:15 PM
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7. For procedures proven by science, I believe my ins. co. covers some of those.
Chiropractic practice is one of those. Not regarded highly by "real" doctors, but my ins. co. will cover some things that have been proven to be beneficial therapy.

I think maybe some other alternative things MAY be covered. But the trick is...it must be provided by a certified "care provider."

Then, some ins. cos. don't exactly cover nutritional thingies and such, but offer discounts if you buy some of those things through them. I don't. It's too complicated to figure it all out.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-09-09 10:52 PM
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10. This belongs in the woo forum. nt
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Sep-10-09 12:16 AM
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12. I hope not. (nt)
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