"In a modest, fluorescent-lit clinic on 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, patients line up daily with chronic pain that has lingered for years. Some are truck drivers nursing shoulder injuries; others are restaurant workers with back and leg pain from 12-hour shifts on their feet. Many speak limited English, and some lack health insurance that covers the care they seek: acupuncture. Cai Bin, a licensed acupuncturist and Chinese immigrant, has operated the clinic since 2012."
"Over time, he built a practice and a community serving working-class immigrants who rely on traditional Chinese medicine as an affordable, culturally familiar alternative to conventional medical care. In recent years, Cai's role has expanded beyond the treatment room. He is now one of the advocates for Assembly Bill A622, a New York State proposal that would require all health insurance plans to cover acupuncture services. Many insurance companies still don't cover acupuncture, Cai said."
Patients at a modest clinic on 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, line up daily with chronic pain that has lingered for years. Some patients are truck drivers with shoulder injuries and others are restaurant workers with back and leg pain from long shifts on their feet. Many speak limited English and some lack health insurance that covers acupuncture. Cai Bin, a licensed acupuncturist and Chinese immigrant, has run the clinic since 2012 and built a practice serving working-class immigrants who rely on traditional Chinese medicine. He now advocates for Assembly Bill A622 to require insurance coverage for acupuncture, noting many insurers still do not cover it, forcing low-income patients to pay out of pocket. One longtime patient credited acupuncture with recovery after years of antibiotics.
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