Health Law Provides Free Prevention Benefits - With Caveats (Video)

KHN’s “Insuring Your Health” columnist Michelle Andrews talks with Jackie Judd about the provisions in the health law that provide for free preventive tests. While the law doesn’t apply to all insurance plans, it should cut costs for many people. And, Michelle discusses new ways employers and insurers are pricing different services, to encourage the use of the most effective ones and discourage those that are overused – like sleep studies and knee surgeries.

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<h1>Health Law Provides Free Prevention Benefits – With Caveats (Video)</h1>
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			May 26, 2011		</time>
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<p>KHN’s “Insuring Your Health” columnist Michelle Andrews talks with Jackie Judd about the provisions in the health law that provide for free preventive tests. While the law doesn’t apply to all insurance plans, it should cut costs for many people. And, Michelle discusses new ways employers and insurers are pricing different services, to encourage the use of the most effective ones and discourage those that are overused – like sleep studies and knee surgeries.</p><p>      <strong>Read </strong>related: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/195B0732-D220-4E6E-86CD-907F1482F12E">In New Insurance Model, Costs Are Based On Value Of The Treatment</a></p><p>      <strong>Read </strong>related: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/64A4DFEB-572E-489F-8426-0DE91F36D964">Some Doctors Dispute Benefits Of Early Diagnosis</a> </p><p>See More: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/16472A9F-C4B8-41B2-AFED-4F86DB114E96">Insuring Your Health</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/andrews-on-preventive-tests/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/andrews-on-preventive-tests/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/andrews-on-preventive-tests/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20Law%20Provides%20Free%20Prevention%20Benefits%20-%20With%20Caveats%20%28Video%29&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fandrews-on-preventive-tests%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/andrews-on-preventive-tests/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/andrews-on-preventive-tests/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/andrews-on-preventive-tests/">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=10473&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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