Video: Q&A with Michelle Andrews: Preventive Health

Michelle Andrews answers a question from a consumer about why health plans are not touting more preventive health care to save on costs in the system. But, as Andrews details, new plans are going to have to provide many different sorts of preventive health services for free.

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<h1>Video: Q&A with Michelle Andrews: Preventive Health</h1>
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			December 21, 2010		</time>
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<p>Michelle Andrews answers a question from a consumer about why health plans are not touting more preventive health care to save on costs in the system. But, as Andrews details, new plans are going to have to provide many different sorts of preventive health services for free.</p><p>      <strong>More From This Series: Q&As On <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/20805226-9EC2-42B2-97E2-ADDB98F8A6A6">Options To Get Health Coverage On Your Own</a> Or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/BB1A612E-B40D-4880-861A-FA6D4DAFDDED">Seeking Health Coverage When Traditional Coverage Is Out Of Reach</a></strong>    </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Video%3A%20Q%26A%20with%20Michelle%20Andrews%3A%20Preventive%20Health&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11176&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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