People may become reliant on private health insurance to gain access to homeopathy services if the latest recommendations for the government are carried out. A report from the science and technology parliamentary committee has advised that homeopathy should no longer be funded by the NHS. The government has recognised that there is no evidence that these sorts of treatments work and have been criticised for having no view on the ethics of providing placebo type healthcare. Despite these criticisms, alternative treatments like homeopathy have become increasingly popular in recent years and those people who feel that they have benefitted from it in the past may start to look for quotes for private medical insurance as a more affordable way of having the care if it the NHS stop providing it.


Not all private health insurance policies will pay for alternative treatments like acupuncture, chiropractic care, podiatry or indeed homeopathy. Freedom Healthnet will pay up to £1,000 a year for up to six visits to any of these on all level of cover if the policy holder opts to include outpatient care and subject to approval of claim. Physiotherapy is also included among these treatments and is rarely covered in a private health insurance policy. Waiting lists for physiotherapy on the NHS have reported to be quite lengthy in some areas of the UK and people who wish to bypass those queues via private healthcare may have to pay for the treatment themselves if their current health insurance policy does not include it. It is these people that should consider comparing the level of cover on a number of different types of policies across a wide range of providers before they commit to private health insurance that does not fulfil all their specific requirements and needs.