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Medicare moving toward covering acupuncture for back pain

July 15, 2019 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says it's moving toward potentially covering acupuncture for chronic low back pain as an alternative to opioid painkillers that can become addictive.

The agency announced its initial decision Monday...

Stuck in an opioids crisis, officials turn to acupuncture

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, DAKE KANG and MIKE STOBBEFebruary 20, 2018 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Marine veteran Jeff Harris was among the first to sign up when the Providence VA hospital started offering acupuncture for chronic pain...

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