Guest guest Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I appreciate your point about making Acupuncture care affordable and increasing access to care but when does it become counterproductive. As I see it, one of the complaints about Western Medicine is that no one has time to listen. I don't imagine myself superior to Medical doctors. If I can only spend 5- 10 minutes with a patient, I too, may not be able to really get to the bottom of the problem. I may just be listening to the superficial symptoms. One of the reasons we can " cure " things that Western Medicine can't is that we are going slowly enough to hear. The patient eventually opens up enough to reveal the core issues. Under insurance and Medicare we will have to work the way doctors do. They probably don't enjoy seeing so many patients in a day but they have no choice. We should learn from their mistakes. Zinnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Zinnia, I am not sure where you are located but we already have acupuncture covered by some insurances and workers comp in certain states. The Medicare coverage bill will open this up to more policies. This is really a non-issue and will not affect your practice as you choose to have it. This will simply open up more patients to the opportunity to have acupuncture, either with their insurance or Medicare. As these are not people who tend to have lots of disposable income, we can share our gifts of health with this underserved group. I would hope that you see merit in helping these people and our profession. Mike W. Bowser, L Ac > " zinnia " <cmszinnia >Chinese Medicine >Chinese Medicine > quality vs. quantity >Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:24:16 -0000 > >I appreciate your point about making Acupuncture care affordable and >increasing access to care but when does it become counterproductive. > >As I see it, one of the complaints about Western Medicine is that no >one has >time to listen. I don't imagine myself superior to Medical doctors. >If I can only >spend 5- 10 minutes with a patient, I too, may not be able to really >get to the >bottom of the problem. I may just be listening to the superficial >symptoms. One of the reasons we can " cure " things that Western Medicine >can't is >that we are going slowly enough to hear. The patient eventually >opens up >enough to reveal the core issues. > >Under insurance and Medicare we will have to work the way doctors do. >They probably don't enjoy seeing so many patients in a day but they have >no >choice. > >We should learn from their mistakes. > >Zinnia > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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