Preventive Care Services Covered at 100% Under Health Care Reform?
Madison, WI (PRWEB) January 31, 2012
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 brings sweeping changes to health insurance coverage in the United States, including the requirement that new health plans—both group and individual—pay 100% of the costs of certain preventive care services such as mammograms, colonoscopies, blood pressure checks, and childhood immunizations. WPS Health Insurance, Wisconsin’s leading not-for-profit health insurer and provider of affordable group and individual health insurance , examines this new requirement and details the specific covered services for adults, women, and children in a new educational article, “Stay Healthy, Save Money with Preventive Services Covered at 100% Under Health Care Reform,” available for free from the WPS online Learning Center .
“Getting regular preventive care is the single most important thing Wisconsin residents can do to protect their health,” said Dr. Marvin Wiener, Senior Medical Director at WPS Health Insurance. “Yet today, only about half of all Americans get the preventive care they need. That’s unfortunate when you consider that chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes are responsible for 7 of 10 deaths among Americans each year—and they are often preventable.”
Under the Affordable Care Act, all group and individual health plans that take effect on or after September 23, 2010 are required to cover recommended preventive care services without charging a copayment, deductible, or coinsurance, so long as the services are received from an in-network health care provider.
“Doctors and health care facilities continue to charge for these services. But now it’s the health insurance companies that pay the costs,” said Dr. Wiener. “Essentially, preventive care becomes ‘free’ for the policyholder, greatly increasing the incentive to take advantage of these services.
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