Does a traditional health insurance plan cover alternative medicine?
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It will depend on what the treatment is, what your insurance provisions are, and how your doctor codes it to the insurance company. They may pay for your office visit fee but not the actual treatment itself.
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None so Far ! \nHomeopathy Delivers you from pain and suffering without adding to it ! \nThat is the specialized field of conventional medicine complications and side effects !\nThanks God for Homeopathy,it is safe from them !\nTake Care and God Bless !
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This is an excellent question! \n\n In America people are purchasing "Short Term" Policies are opening themselves up to a "world of problems".   You see in the United States we passed a law that enables employees be offered "Cobra" , Cobra is for your "protection".  Let me give you a couple of "What ifs"\na. I go work for ABC Corp. and call up a few "slick" agents who sell healthcare and they sell me a Short Term policy, sounds great!..11months into the policy the Doctor discovers a tumor in my body, and says it is Malignant- I have cancer.  So I call my short term company, and they say well your policy ends in 30days, I ask the company can I convert to a Permanente policy, and they say "NO", because of your medical conditions.\nb. Second Ex. I sign up with my employers plan, and I am diagnosed 11months into the plan with Cancer, and I decide to quite employment, I am offered Cobra!. So lets keep going, lets say I pay for Cobra for 18months (until it ends) and I am still having Chemotherapy, and thus un-insurable by health companies.  Here is the Good news!!!..I am eligible for HIPPA coverage !!!.."lifesaver"..any company offering health insurance will have to accept me into a HIPPA plan.  \n\nAs you can see the only way a person can take a risk with a short term policy if they can "See the future".. and if your crystal ball shows you not needing any health services over your lifetime, then just refuse coverage!..\n\nDo not trust any salesperson, read articles and do your research, Paul Zane's books are pretty good.
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I agree with you to a large degree. Personally I believe the tradition treatments, chemo and/or radiation..cause more problems are are ineffective. In alot of cases the patient dies as a result of complications of the treatment, not from the actual disease. Yes, diet...I think an organic diet makes a huge difference, putting more chemicals into a body that is struggling doesnt make a lot of sense. Alot of the meds, even pain meds like morphine, tend to produce angiogenesis in cancer cells and spread the tumors. Im a big believer in the budwig diet and I'm a big believer in meditation and visualisation. I do believe there are alot of other things you can also do to help. For example, biophosponate to stop the spread to bones...blocking the FE+ receptors..cancer cells need iron to divide and multiply, blocking the FE+ receptors deprives them of iron and they cant continue to divide and muliply..there is a chemical in anti-malarial meds that does this. I also strongly believe in Qigong - powerful chinese med to bolster the immune system. Oxidisation treatment, hyperbaric chamber...Dendric cell therapy .. IPT (Insulin Potentiation Therapy), Ultra Violet treatment...there is so much.  Good on you for looking further than the traditional!
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Many pre-existing conditions are covered from day one of the insurance. Rules depend on your state laws. In Florida if you disclose it and they do not rider it, it is covered. Some questions underwriting will ask are: Osteo or Rheumatoid? Prescription or OTC drugs? Physical therapy required? Hip, knee or back involved? surgery planned? Here in Florida Aetna does not use riders only markups in price. Aetna may be good for you if problem is a mild one.
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in additon to www.drweill.com you can also go to webmd. they show alternative/holistic optins.
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Health care that is not direct care or treatment of illness by a provider, like pharmacists, and medical supply companies, transcriptionists, etc.
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I think both have value, depending on the condition you want to treat, its severity, etc.  Look for products and therapies that are appropriate and safe.\n\nI think a good strategy is to go to your doctor and get a diagnosis.  If you have a chronic condition (osteoarthritis, chronic sinusitus, etc), then certainly look at herbal medicines.  If you have an acute condition, then go with what will get you out of the crisis.  Once stable, you can then begin investigating alternatives.\n\nOriental herbs are usually used in complex formulae and address the root of the problem.  The practitioner of Oriental medicine will look at your symptoms as the expression of an imbalance in your body.  They will want to address the imbalance.  Symptom suppression is very different from real healing, and too often pharmaceuticals only address the symptoms.  That is why you have to keep taking them, because as soon as you stop, the symptoms come back.\n\nOne consideration you will have to make is whether or not you have the commitment to take Oriental medicines.  The formula prescribed for you may require you to cook it up, like a tea or soup.  If you take herbal capsules, you may have to take a number of them a few times a day.  I don't think this is a bad thing, but some people do not want to be bothered with the inconvenience.  Just remember, good health has to be cultivated, and over the long run, you are better off for the effort you invest in yourself.\n\nAlso, many people find that the two medicines work well together.  If you choose this route, be sure to keep all your health pratitioners aware of all the things you are taking.  Herb-drug interaction are very possible, but easily avoided if you keep everyone up to date.\n\nI like herbal medicines because they are usually less taxing on the body, they usually have no side effects (although any medicine can have side effects), they are less costly, and they have a long history of usefullness.\n\nOne important reminder: Herbals are not regulated in America like pharmaceuticals, and some overseas companies are not good at all (some have been tested to have harmful ingredients, or only trace amounts of what it is supposed to have).  Therefore, you need to make sure you buy your supplies from a reputable company or practitioner.  GMP (Good Manufacturing Principles) is a status that some overseas companies use to indicate that there is government regulation on the factory and its products.  Some countries, like Australia, regulate and test herbal products.
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NO CONTEST - I'll take a homeopathic remedy over convential medicine ANY day as long as it works - but I will use conventional medicine if I have no other choice - too many doctors today fill our bodies with so much GARBAGE that it makes us sicker than we were when we first saw them!!\n\nFOR EXAMPLE - they now are looking at the results of infant immunization shots containing THIMERESOL (which contains Mercury!!) and how these shots are causing all sorts of neurological disorders including autism, mental retardation, global learning delays, and many others!
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The official line from the pharmaceuticals is that they need to recover costs involved in pharmaceutical research. Many consumer groups, however, contest this and say the profits are way out of line.\n\nbtw Suffice it to say that there is also something known as natural or alternative medicine; some have had positive results. You can find plenty of info pro and con. (Obviously I am talking about some specific prescription drugs, not prescription medications in general.)  Of course only an MD is qualified to prescribe and oversee prescription medications.\n\n1 min. ago--some of these especially the newer ones are marketed rather aggressively--ads on prime time tv & 2 pg ads in magazines like Time & Newsweek--you can imagine the advertising budgets--they always say ask your doctor about such & such--as a result people see their physician to inquire about such & such a drug, sometimes putting the physician in a difficult position (like they have already made up their minds that this med is right for them)
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I am not sure.  The easiest thing would be to get the customer service number, call United Healthcare and see if alternative medicine (massage) is covered under their plan.The link below is to United Healthcare it shows that they offer a discount on rates for massage.
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I have always believed that the mainstream medical industry is not interested in finding a cure for cancer because it makes too much profit with its present barbarous methods.\nEventually, I came across a detailed report which agreed with my findings, and I have included it in my web page at\n\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/cancer.html\n\nBy reading this report, you will also convince yourself that it is best to ignore the mainstream cancer industry, and seek alternative cures. Also you should bear in mind that the medical industry will do anything to protect its profitable position, including disparaging alternative healers or even creating bogus court cases.\n\nI believe that cancer is a whole body thing, which in 80 percent of cases manifests itself by producing symptoms in the weaker parts of the body, and therefore appearing localised. It is this treatment of symptoms instead of cause which creates the profitable, yet non-successful approach of mainstream medicine.\n\nSome cures are listed on the web page too.\n\nIt is therefore obvious that a holistic approach is required, based on cleansing, diet, exercise and debugging.\n\nCLEANSING\nThe best way of cleansing is to fast.\n\nhttp://www.phifoundation.org/menses.html\nhttp://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=1996\n\nbut if a patient is too weak for that, or does not fancy the idea, then alternative cleanses are available.\n\n\nColon Cleanse\nhttp://www.soundfeelings.com/free/colon_cleansing.htm#recipe\nBowel cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/schulze/herbal_colon_cleanse_1_2.asp\nkidney cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/kidney/default.asp\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_12678_kidney-cleansing-fast.html\nhttp://www.falconblanco.com/health/cleansing/kidney.html\nhttp://www.healingdaily.com/colon-kidney-detoxification.htm\nhttp://www.healthfree.com/cleansing_programs_kidney.html\nLiver cleanse\nhttp://www.drclark.net/en/drclark_protocol/illnesses/liver_cleanse.php\nGallbladder cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/liver/default.asp\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/liver/huldas_recipe.asp\nPancreas cleanse\nhttp://curezone.com/dis/1.asp?C0=261\n\nDIET,\nThe best diet is vegetarian, avoiding all processed, frozen or micro-waved foods and drinks, and based on fresh fruit, fresh vegetables - preferably organic, nuts and seeds. Drinks should be clean water or freshly squeezed orange juice.\n\nMany researchers promote the benefits of vitamin B17 as a healer. this can be found in the following foods:\nApple seeds, alfalfa sprouts, apricot kernels, bamboo shoots, barley, beet tops, bitter almond, blackberries, boysenberries, brewer’s yeast, brown rice, buckwheat, cashews, cherry kernels, cranberries, currants, fava beans, flax seeds, garbanzo beans, gooseberries, huckleberries, lentils, lima beans, linseed meat, loganberries, macadamia nuts, millet, millet seed, peach kernels, pecans, plum kernels, quince, raspberries, sorghum cane syrup, spinach, sprouts (alfalfa, lentil, mung bean, buckwheat, garbanzo), strawberries, walnuts, watercress, yams.\n\nA commercial preparation of B17 is available called Laetrile.\n\nEXERCISE\nExercise should be sufficient to create a sweat, but not sufficient to make you gasp for breath or feel over-tired. About one hours exercise every day is best.\n\nDEBUGGING\nThere are various theories about how bugs create cancer.\n\nHulda Clark suggests that parasites are the cause, and that they can be disposed of by using a zapper.\n\nZappers are available from\n\nSuper Zapper DeLuxe\nhttp://www.drclark.net      Clark Zapper with amazing features get a free CD ROM\n\nhttp://www.paradevices.com/zapper_works.html\n\nTerminator Crystal Orgone Zapper Blood Purification Parasite Solution\nElectrical stimulation devices for blood purification, parasites, relaxation, and addictions.\nhttp://www.elixa.com/estim/zap.htm\n\nHigh frequency parasite zapper. Includes product description and benefits.\nhttp://www.ess-in.com/
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Just having the codes will not be sufficient information to determine whether any procedure will be covered by insurance.\n\nCarriers will cover different procedures.  Each carrier may also offer different types of insurance coverage so not all plans from the same carrier will cover the same procedures.\n\nIt's probably best to work with your dermatologist to determine whether any procedure will be covered. \n\nGood luck.
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Not a one. There is a widespread back of the mind conviction among many that there exists an entire alternative medical structure (ancient knowledge, traditional approaches, ...) which offers cures or treatment ordinary medicine does not. That's a false belief, by and large. Any natural cures which worked as well as ordinary medicine would be quite prominent indeed and wouldn't remain alternative for very long. \n\nconsider, in the case of diabetes alone, that a plant long known to help with diabetes (goat's rue) is the source of Glucophage (metformin) and the biguanides generally. Gila monsters (the poisonous lizard from the N American SW desert) is the source of a new diabetes drug nearing approval and release for clinical use. An herb, used in cosmetics because it makes the pupil larger in small doses, is the source of digitalis, still one of the primary drugs in cardiovascular medicine. \n\nThe common sorts of diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2) is a condition without a cure. And it's a real pain literally and figuratively. There is a lot of quackery and snake oil om consequence. so far, diabetes related research has earned 4 Nobel Prizes, and any advance as effective as some of the advertising claims about 'traditional' cures or treatments would be high on the eligible list for another. \n\nWe now understand diabetes about as well as we understand broken legs. There's little treatment for a broken leg aside from setting it, splinting it, treating it carefully, and waiting. And for good reason. Likewise there's good understanding of what's going on in diabetes (type 1 and type 2) and what would be needed to fix them (mostly). We can't do that yet, just as we can't get a broken leg to mend in a couple of days. And that's the state of the art in diabetes treatment, alternative included. \n\nSomeday, there'll be a cure... Would save a bundle of money and a lot of nuisance. Support diabetes research and encourage those with research money to assign some to diabetes.
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conventional medicine aka western or scientific medicine.  \n\nhave a look at this site to give you some info on western mediine vs eastern medicine.\n\nhttp://gancao.net/ht/comparison.shtml\n\nin a nutshell...western medicine or conventional is based on scientific conclusions from an experiment.  however, eastern medicine believes that an individual is totally different from one another.  apart from symptoms, before they start to cure the person, they need to have the knowledge of the individual's constitution (dosha - in sanskrit).  for example, paracetamol doesn't have the effect it originally intends to have on everyone.  Based on MY experience, paracetamol doesn't work on me... and other medications as well..only until i've learned about alternative medicine or ayurveda, i've realised that  there are still a lot to learn to properly, efficiently cure an individual.  I've not taken any medications for nearly a year now and I'm absolutely fine!  Sometimes, alternative medicine gives ourselves to get in touch with our body to tell us if there is something wrong.  if we keep depending on doctors, we detach from our body and sometimes it becomes the cause of our own sickness.  havea search on alternative medicine or ayurveda... perhaps you could better understand the difference.
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Most Heath Plans offer Mental health services.\n\nHarvard Pilgrim Health\n\nBlue Cross Blue shield\n\nMany Health plans are Geographic Based.\n\nContact Kaiser and tell them that you are relocating, If you are working for the same company...they will help you locate alternate plans that are available in Texas. \n\nTry this Link:\n\nhttps://www.insureme.com/landing.aspx?FS=local&S=1&Type=health&InsuranceType=&Zip=&ZipCode=&Refby=604075&PID=&AID=&ovmkt=&Click_ID=\n\nIt is a comparison of Health Providers in the state of Texas.\n\nBe certain to read any fine print.\n\nGood Luck.\n\nMav
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Don't know for sure, but usually medical and prescription drug plans are under the same insurer.  Often they will use another company to administer it.  That may be the case in your situation.