A few things I will point out in advance to a larger post I will craft once I have access to a computer, and not just my phone (currently on vacation):
- your blue cross insurance "argument" is an amusing one, because tens of other developed nations have naturopathy, homeopathy and other alternative therapies nearly COMPLETELY covered under healthcare (mine-included). Nice try though.
- my resources are the online medical libraries that I have access to as a premed student at my local university, so obviously they're the Creme de la creme I'll see if I remember to link certain studies to you, but again I don't really have time over the next few days.
- your blanket statement about testimonials is again, awfully naive. My uncle was told to have his arm amputated, and undergo three rounds of chemo, ontop of radiation. He said no to it all, and went to a naturopath instead. 2 years later, he had his oncologist announce him as a "medical-miracle" who's cancer completely subsided. Dont make such general assumptions on testimonials.
dal, I'm not part of this discussion but I just had to chip in here, about homeopathy. I don't know which developed countries/nations cover the homeopathic therapies or pharmatics under healthcare but I know for sure that the homeopathy is one of the biggest charlatanries of the modern times.
I admit it's not that hard to believe if even some developed countries repute it as a legit treatment way, when you consider the huge capital and business over it. But it would be sad to me to think, if a medic student believed in that ****!