To require insurers to cover the costs of alternative health care for those individuals for whom traditional medical care, the third leading cause of death in this country, is insufficient, invasive or proven to be deleterious. The insured have a right to choose from a broad spectrum of covered services which promote better health in the long run, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, energy medicine and naturopathic medicine, to cite a few.
Why is this important?
I am an alternative healthcare practitioner. Individuals seek my care after modern medicine has either failed or damaged them. I would like the opportunity to serve them on an equal basis with allopathic medicine at the outset, rather than as a last resort.
