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My new coverage requires NO co-pay for preventative care at all. More of the carrot than the stick of AGDee's but it's very encouraging.
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Our preventative care visits are also free. However, the pediatrician won't bill any of my daughter's visits as "well child" visits because she has asthma so it is always billed as asthma care since it always has to be addressed. That irks me a little.
This is a gradual thing they are implementing, with different pieces of it true in different years, but by 2013, we will have the following requirements to get the "cheap" healthcare:
1) Blood pressure below 140/90 or, if diabetic, 130/90
2) Non tobacco user
3) BMI less than 30 (not in the "obese range") or have lost 5% of your body weight since your last annual visit
4) Fasting blood sugar <120 or A1C <8 (the A1C is if you're diabetic)
5) Cholesterol: Acceptable LDL-C level, which, I believe will be below 159.
And, your spouse or domestic partner must meet all the requirements as well. Children are exempt.
It has caused quite an uproar, honestly.
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