Well now we have the damn thing and we are beginning to know how much it will cost per added taxes and who will get "free" services and all those services that will be "paid" by the insurance companies.
The ultimate goal is to have the government take over all health care. When has the government ever created a program that was run efficiently or one not run over budget?
It would have been a wiser decision to work with the insurance companies, go with tort reform, and allow people to choose their own insurance companies by going out of state if had be.
I thought it interesting and informative to show the latest info received from the health care company my company contracts with. Being a women, I still do not understand why my physical last week was pretty much "free" and my husband's was not!
Reminder: Expanded Prevention As a reminder from the
March IAI newsletter, the U.S.
Dept
of Health and Human Services has issued new guidelines that require health
plans to
cover
the recommended women’s preventive health services below without charging a
copayment, co-insurance, or deductible:
•Annual
well-women visits
•Screening
for gestational diabetes
•Human papillomavirus (HIV) DNA testing
•Counseling
for sexually transmitted infections
•Counseling
and screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
•Contraceptive methods and
counseling
•Breastfeeding
support and breast pumps
•Domestic
violence screening
Our health plans already
provide in-network coverage, without copayment, co-insurance, or deductible,
for the majority of the recommended preventive health services. Effective on
renewals beginning on and after August 1,2012, health plan changes will be made
to include in-network coverage, without copayment, co-insurance, or deductible,
for those recommended women~ preventive health services not already covered
with no cost share. Coverage for all recommended preventive health services is
subject to the health plan’s network requirements and provisions.
Religious
Institutions
Certain
religious employers are exempt from covering contraceptive services.
Blue
Gross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will administer the exemption provisions as
defined by the federal government.
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