Acupuncture as an Essential Health Benefit - Public Input!

Essential Health Benefits:  In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform law intended to ensure access to quality and affordable health insurance for all Americans. Starting in 2014, most health plans will be required to offer a comprehensive package of items and services to patients, known as "essential health benefits"(EHB). Under the new law, EHB must cover certain specific services including emergency services, maternity and newborn care, prescription drugs as well as preventive and wellness services, among others.The American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM) strongly supports designating acupuncture as an EHB.

Jing, translated as Essence, a very precious substance, should be guarded and not wasted.  There is prenatal, postnatal and kidney jing essence.  The kidney organs store jing, which determines one's vitality, resistance to disease, and longevity.  Jing is also concentrated in the brain, ova, semen, and bone marrow.  One is born with "congenital" jing or prenatal jing, which influences inspanidual constitution and development; the amount of prenatal jing one receives corresponds to the health and consitution of the parents. This jing is irreplaceable and meant to serve one throughout life; once used up, life ceases.  

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What diseases and conditions does Acupuncture treat?  Acupuncture is one of the most effective methods of relieving pain. Like all systems of medicine acupuncture has treatments for almost all illnesses. The list given below is not exhaustive but merely indicative of the range of diseases in which acupuncture is used with good results.