Preventive care finds a seat at the table. Finally.

The new health care law will incentivize and support preventative measures in health care — with the idea being that healthy Americans generally cost less to take care of (imagine that!).

“Under the new law, insurers must offer preventive services — like immunizations, cancer screenings and checkups — to consumers as part of the insurance policy, at no additional out-of-pocket charge.” —The New York Times

More here: prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com
And here: nytimes.com/health

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