Acupuncture programs are subjected to new graduate student loan caps, which could put more financial pressure on the institutions. The Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College (AIMC), which has locations in California and Texas, is closing, the institution announced last week. The financial responsibility score is a federal metric that gauges the financial health of an institution. Lee wrote those loan caps and other federal regulations could hinder other Chinese medicine programs. “I do not see a path forward with the inevitable termination of federal financial aid for almost all of the Chinese Medicine programs,” he said.