Alternative Medicine Taking Hold Among Americans: Report

Alternative Medicine Taking Hold Among Americans: Report - Health Council

Alternative medicine such as yoga, chiropractic care, acupuncture and natural supplements are being spent on now more than ever.

“In fact, they paid more than $30 billion out of pocket in 2012 on chiropractors and other complementary health practitioners, as well as supplements and other forms of alternative medicine. Overall, spending on complementary medicine amounted to just over 9 percent of out-of-pocket health care expenditures and about 1 percent of all money spent on health care in the United States, the researchers found.”

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