Under the Affordable Care Act, new insurance plans are required to provide preventive care without cost-sharing, which will remove financial barriers for many Americans to preventive services such as mammograms, colonoscopies and immunizations, help prevent disease and reduce costs.
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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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Nearly 71 million Americans got expanded access to preventive service at no charge through their private insurance plans, and 47 million women now have guaranteed access to additional preventive services without cost sharing.
To make matters worse, Fisher found that patients in high-cost areas were actually less likely to receive low-cost preventive services, such as flu and pneumonia vaccines, faced longer waits at doctor and emergency-room visits, and were less likely to have a primary-care physician.
Those are just a few of the reasons why President Obama has made improving access to preventive care a priority from his first day in office and why we released new rules requiring all new private health insurance plans with plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010 to cover recommended preventive services without cost-sharing when delivered by a network provider.
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As part of the health care reform law that I signed last year, all insurance plans are required to cover preventive care at no cost.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the new rules would provide "women across the nation with coverage of recommended preventive care at no cost, while respecting religious concerns".
Though this failure to obtain recommended preventive care is more common among those without insurance, it also is clear that many with insurance coverage nevertheless do not obtain medically recommended preventive services even when cost is no object.
Store associates would also get cost-effective preventive care on the premises, saving Wal-Mart money on benefits.
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In place of creating a national health system, the law bans insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions, bars insurers from setting a dollar limit on health coverage payouts and requires them to cover preventive care at no additional cost to consumers.
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Often because of cost, Americans use preventive services at about half the recommended rate, according to research cited by the White House.
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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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Consumers now have the right to many vital preventive services at no out-of-pocket cost.
Medicare beneficiaries are also eligible for key preventive services at no out-of-pocket cost.
So we used part of those savings to help lower the cost of prescription drugs and offer free preventive care to seniors.
Already, 47 million women have gained access to preventive services at no out-of-pocket cost, including well-woman visits, domestic violence screenings and counseling, and contraceptive care.
In addition, a cost-benefit analysis that compares the preventive program relative to status quo remedial programs is key to selecting the program intervention that can succeed in a SIB.
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The Medicaid reforms are intended not only to save money, but to improve the health of New Yorkers through action such as directing cost savings toward modernizing hospitals and expanding preventive care.
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It's time people realised the cost of ill health to the NHS, preventive healthcare isn't rocket science....yet as the doctor suggests, millions are spent on treating, rather than promoting!
It's been in the news lately. (Laughter.) Because of the health reform law that we passed, women finally have more power to make their choices about their health care. (Applause.) Last year, more than 20 million women received expanded access to preventive services like mammograms and cervical cancer screenings at no additional cost. (Applause.) Nearly 2 million women enrolled in Medicare received a 50-percent discount on the medicine that they need.
You can tell them how, because we passed health reform, as CeCe was saying -- (applause) -- insurance companies can no longer deny our children coverage because they have a pre-existing condition like asthma. (Applause.) They have to cover preventive care -- things like contraception, cancer screenings, prenatal cost -- at no extra cost.
As Kristin said, insurance companies now have to cover basic preventive care, things like contraception, cancer screenings with no out of pocket cost.
Instead, critics worry that greater cost-consciousness will deter people, particularly poor people, from essential preventive medical care, a trend that could even raise long-term costs.
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And this year alone, 18 million seniors with Medicare have taken advantage of preventive care benefits like mammograms or other cancer screenings that now come at no extra cost.
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On the other hand, benefits such as preventive care, mental health coverage, and pregnancy coverage are mandated, which will increase the cost of the coverage provided.
See, two years ago, we made history together by finally passing health reform. (Applause.) And because we passed this law, insurance companies will now have to cover basic preventive care -- things like prenatal care, mammograms, contraception -- at no extra cost. (Applause.) And they can no longer deny our children coverage because they have a pre-existing condition like diabetes or asthma.
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