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This original article is from NCCAOM.org
The Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC), where NCCAOM is a “Partner for Health,” has been monitoring a number of federal bills that affect our profession or the public health of the nation. Below is a summary of our recent efforts.
Things are looking up for CAM use in the US military. The Department of Defense Appropriations Bill of 2016 contained the following statement:
“Complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies are now recognized as vital among those modalities for the treatment of pain for their efficacy, broad patient acceptance, minimal adverse effects and low cost. Yet the development of system-wide policies and practices for their integration remains unfulfilled. The committee strongly encourages DVCIPM to accelerate the research on and integration of CAM therapies for the management of pain and directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (health affairs) to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this act on the status of their integration.”
Furthermore, the bill has appropriated $278M for a Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program including “Integrative Medicine” and “Non-Opioid Pain Management” among others.
IHPC, in cooperation with Samueli Institute, is monitoring this bill.
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