A few weeks ago, I saw my primary care provider for a scheduled physical exam or what the health insurance industry now likes to call a “wellness checkup”. If you recall, a major selling point of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is that we are moving from a fee-for-service world to a place where value takes precedence over volume. Physicians will be rewarded for keeping people well. That is why most heath insurance plans, even those with high deductibles, now cover scheduled, annual wellness exams...(read more)
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