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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A free preventative care visit (or a “checkup”) is for the appropriate health screenings ONLY. If you have other concerns, you are likely going to pay your copay. It’s not new or a scam, except to the extent that the entire system is a scam.[/quote]

It is both new and a scam. It was not happening before. If your doctor says “have you had any insomnia?” to you at your well visit, saying “yes, sometimes” shouldn’t cost $150. If they aren’t going to screen for potential issues, there is no point to the visits at all and we should stop doing them. [/quote]

No, it is not new. This is what the Affordable Care Act mandates be covered for no copay. It is exactly analogous to your “screening” colonoscopy being covered in full while my “diagnostic” one (in which a polyp was removed) was not. And same for “screening” mammogram vs. the follow-ups required if there are findings.

They pay for what they are legally obligated to pay for and that is IT—often not even that. If you want more, vote and advocate for better. I’ll be with you. [/quote]

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