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Based
on the good experience with health insurance companies in other
countries, a conference for leaders from the field of health was
organised here in Bad Ems by the German Society for Ayurveda.
This
was especially aimed at health insurance and State health authorities.
The General Director of the Dutch insurance company Geové
presented impressive figures showing the reduction in health care
costs related to Ayurvedic health care. Geové, as well as
the Official Swiss Health Service (ÖKK), have been refunding
costs for Ayurvedic treatment for quite some time.
Ayurvedic
treatments in the Hufeland Index
A
further advance in the right direction is the inclusion of Ayurvedic
treatment in the so-called Hufeland Index. The listing of Ayurvedic
methods in this index provides a new basis for German health insurance
to refund costs of treatment.
The
Hufeland Society is an umbrella organisation to which German natural
health organisations are affiliated. They publish a book entitled
“Biological Medicine” as well as the “Hufeland Journal”. They also
distribute the Hufeland Service Index, which contains suggested
prices for natural therapy treatments. The newest version of this
index has a whole section devoted to Ayurveda. Doctors can find
specific guidelines relating to charges for their services and private
health insurance companies have a basis for reimbursement.
The
first German health insurance company has already indicated that
they will reimburse payment for services complying with the Service
Index. This company has already included in its contract the repayment
of costs for natural health care and Ayurveda. A legal breakthrough
has not yet occurred with other insurance companies. One can, however,
decide to change to an insurance company that pays for Ayurvedic
treatment. Those insured by the State must rely on the goodwill
of the national health insurance scheme.
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