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Away with acupuncture? SF advocates fight proposal to cut service from Medi-Cal
A coalition of health care advocates and San Francisco elected officials on Thursday slammed a state proposal to remove acupuncture services from Medi-Cal coverage, a move proponents say is unnecessary and will have a disproportionate impact on low-income communities of color. San Francisco supervisors Danny Sauter and Chyanne Chen were joined by the city attorney […] The post Away with acupuncture? SF advocates fight proposal to cut service from Medi-Cal appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Away with acupuncture? SF advocates fight proposal to cut service from Medi-Cal, A coalition of health care advocates and San Francisco elected officials on Thursday slammed a state proposal to remove acupuncture services from Medi-Cal coverage, a move proponents say is unnecessary and will have a disproportionate impact on low-income communities of color. San Francisco supervisors Danny Sauter and Chyanne Chen were joined by the city attorney […] The post Away with acupuncture? SF advocates fight proposal to cut service from Medi-Cal appeared first on Local News Matters .
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