Governor Gavin Newsom has retracted the proposed budget cuts to the Medi-Cal acupuncture program for low-income Californians for the 2024-2025 budget year. This decision marks a significant victory for health care providers and advocates who have long championed acupuncture as a vital component of comprehensive medical care.
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"People's needs maybe are not being met by conventional medicine, so we need to question ourselves what we are doing wrong. We need to evaluate these alternative therapies scientifically · those that are found to be effective should be embraced by conventional medicine, and those that are found to be ineffective should be rejected by both conventional medicine and patients."
- Dr. Adam J. Singer, University Medical Center, SUNY-Stony Brook.
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- Gunnerson T. Many ER patients have tried alternative remedies. Excite News, March 7, 2000.