include acupuncture as a health care benefit under medicare.

There are so many benefits, particularly for the elderly to have the option of using acupuncture to relieve back pain. I am 85 years old and have suffered for years with back pain and the only relief I can get is from epidurals or facet blocks. I cannot afford acupuncture which should be available to seniors under Medicare as an alternative way to relieve back pain. I have been told by other the benefit they have received from acupuncture treatments.