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More Choosing the Right Health-Care Plan Some changes are in effect already, including a requirement that family plans cover dependents up to the age of 26 and an end to out-of-pocket costs for certain preventive-care benefits.
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And the government's recently released health targets for the next decade, Healthy People 2020, for the first time list objectives aimed at adolescents, including increasing the number of preventive-care doctors' visits.
Special Age, Special Doctor Laura Landro 2011
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal A recent study found that one-third of teens in a large Midwestern health plan had no preventive-care visits from age 13 to 17, even though they had insurance without a deductible or co-pay.
Special Age, Special Doctor Laura Landro 2011
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A recent study in the Annals of Family Medicine found that one-third of teens in a large Midwestern health plan had no preventive-care visits from age 13 to 17, even though they had insurance without a deductible or co-pay.
Special Age, Special Doctor Laura Landro 2011
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The changes include restrictions on annual limits; new appeals processes; the extension of dependent coverage up to age 26; an end to plans that cancel coverage for children with pre-existing conditions; and free preventive-care services such as mammograms and colonoscopies.
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New preventive-care rules mean seniors will also be able to get procedures such as colonoscopies and mammograms for free.
Private Medicare Plans Are Retrenching Avery Johnson 2010
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One was the idea of using prevention programs, finding out what the best preventive-care practices are, and making sure that doctors use those.
Health Care: Change the Incentives Laura Landro 2010
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Next month, it will close some outpatient services, such as community-based primary and preventive-care offices.
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Discounts and Freebies Ms. Wolff says employees may be able to get $200 to $300 for participating in health-risk appraisals, smoking-cessation, weight-management and preventive-care classes.
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If you plan a preventive-care doctor visit, call your insurer to find out what is covered.
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