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Medicare and Federal Health Insurance Programs

For many years Bills have been introduced at the federal level to include Acupuncture and related medical services in the medicare and federal health insurance programs. It is hoped that this will become part of future health care reform. At this time, coverage under these programs is unavailable. Recently it was announced that Medicare will cover acupuncture for lower back pain. The difficulty is that acupuncturists are currently blocked by federal law from being medicare providers and therefore unable to bill for this care.

Veterans can get coverage for acupuncture through the VA medical system. Check with the your local VA Primary Care Provider for information on how to get coverage for these medical services. Bock Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine is a provider under the Veterans Community Care program.

Government employees under the GEHA program are covered for acupuncture related services.

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