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 and North East Medical Services, a nonprofit that provides health care services, for a rally in Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square to protest the governor’s proposed budget to make acupuncture services ineligible for Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance program for low-income people.