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Preventive Care Can Now Be Covered for Specified Chronic Conditions Before HDHP Deductible

On July 17, 2019 the IRS released Notice 2019-45  resolving a preventive care problem that has been plaguing many high deductible health plans (“HDHPs.”).  The Affordable Care Act’s free preventive care mandate appears to be working.  People are catching medical problems sooner.  As a result, many employers have embraced the concept of free preventive care […]

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Why Isn’t My “Free” Preventive Health Care Free?

In my opinion, one of the best changes made by the Affordable Care Act is the mandate that requires health plans to provide certain specified preventive services without imposing any cost sharing.  This is sometimes referred to as “free” preventive care.  As a result of this mandate, deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and other cost sharing may […]

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