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8. For what it is worth, Medicare and Medicaid do not cover acupuncture.

Wed Sep 4, 2019, 03:42 PM

Sep 2019

Both Canada's and the UK's system have very limited coverage of acupuncture.

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Next time your HEALTH INSURER DECLINES a claim or pays less than you think they should [View all] Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 OP

So true. cilla4progress Sep 2019 #1

They rely on up to 75% of the public never calling them and giving up. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #2

26 years ago when my daughter was born, cilla4progress Sep 2019 #9

yep. Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #12

I spent the majority of 3 months after my back surgery arguing with Aetna. redstatebluegirl Sep 2019 #3

MADNESS that we allow this to go on for one more day! Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #4

I wish, I will need more surgery in the next few years. redstatebluegirl Sep 2019 #5

True story (from 22 years ago) mcar Sep 2019 #6

If they killed you that would have been the best outcome for them. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #7

I had ocular melanoma 14 years ago. I have done a follow up MRI doc03 Sep 2019 #10

Cigna is awful! lanlady Sep 2019 #11

That's awful! I hope you can appeal. nt ecstatic Sep 2019 #14

Call your local newspaper...anything...good luck! Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #15

Interesting. I didn't know you could do that. nt ecstatic Sep 2019 #13