Medicine: Capsules, Jan. 8, 1973

> Though American doctors are still debating the risks, virtues and mysteries of acupuncture, two major U.S. insurance companies have already decided that for their purposes the ancient Chinese medical art is a legitimate procedure. Chicago-based Continental Assurance and Continental Casualty companies have given their aye to the needle by announcing that they will pay for acupuncture when it is administered by a licensed physician in accordance with law. Needle treatment by unlicensed practitioners—the kind given in some Chinatown dispensaries—would not be covered. The insurance companies have no idea what their...

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