Or if you've gotten more preventive care or more contraception services covered under your policy.
The budget for preventive care against tuberculosis is down by 36% and for malaria by 27%.
Store associates would also get cost-effective preventive care on the premises, saving Wal-Mart money on benefits.
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Third, they focus more on preventive care, which may save money in the long run.
You won't be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions or charged for preventive care, such as mammograms.
This year, all new insurance plans will be required to offer free preventive care.
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In fact, under this law, Americans on Medicare will receive free preventive care without co-payments and deductibles.
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Another important element of the PPACA is the extension of no-cost preventive care and treatment to the insured.
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Religious liberty will be protected, and a law that requires free preventive care will not discriminate against women.
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And also, insurance companies will be required to cover, at no extra cost, routine checkups and preventive care.
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Preventive care and monitoring seniors at home heads off complications of chronic illness.
Preventive care, such as some types of cancer screening, will be free of co-payments or deductibles starting in 2010.
The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that women are in greater need of preventive care such as mammograms and pre-natal diagnostics.
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings.
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Of course, "Critical" includes plenty of laments about the problems of our current system, from overused drugs to insufficient preventive care.
And insurance companies will be required to cover, with no extra charge, routine checkups and preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies.
High-quality preventive care helps Americans stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, lead productive lives and help reduce costs.
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So we used part of those savings to help lower the cost of prescription drugs and offer free preventive care to seniors.
Those were mostly pork-barrel projects inserted under the heading of preventive care.
Today, the preventive care she needs will finally be covered without charge.
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As Kristin said, insurance companies now have to cover basic preventive care, things like contraception, cancer screenings with no out of pocket cost.
So are there ways that we can -- through preventive care, better efficiencies, better management, make the health care system overall more effective?
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When it comes to health care, we are already seeing enormous improvements in terms of funding for preventive care, for community health clinics.
Over 86 million Americans have gained from coverage of preventive care free of charge, like mammograms for women and wellness visits for seniors.
The new preventive care yearly physical for Medicare patients will include mammogram, preventive care and incentives for doctors to have an advanced directive discussion.
And it ends the bias many insurance companies have shown against those with pre-existing conditions, while focusing on innovative preventive care and wellness programs.
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Preventive care will now be offered under your policy, which, over the long term, can actually save people money because you get diagnosed quicker.
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The plan is front-loaded, meaning that people can see a physician and get preventive care and generic drugs for very little out of pocket.
The current fee-for-service system is blamed for overutilization and overpaying for certain intense therapies provided by specialists, and underpaying for primary and preventive care.
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