The reform of health care issued Preventive Services

The reform of health care issued Preventive Services -

Health care reform legislation calls for service prevention for Americans across the country. The regulations for prevention services were issued yesterday. Starting in September, preventive services will be provided without cost to Americans with health insurance.

That means no copayment, deductible or coinsurance to save millions of Americans visit each year the prevention service. Still is expected this measure to increase premiums by 1.5 percent

health insurance plans must cover these set of preventive services at no cost to consumers.

• routine vaccines for children and adults
• well-baby visits, vision and hearing tests for children and advice to children to help maintain a healthy weight will be covered with other services recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics
• women "s health screenings, which are still being defined and will be announced in August 2011
• Screenings that are highly recommended by the preventive US Task Force services with a rating of "a" or "B"

currently preventive services task force recommends that pregnant women screening vitamin deficiencies, colon cancer, testing for diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and advice to help smokers quit by the Boston Globe .

regarding this issue "over-medicalization" in recent months, many interest groups have been pushing for some preventive services to be covered by the legislation on health care. An interest group, Planned Parenthood has lobbied strongly for contraceptives to be included on the list of preventive services causing much controversy. Even if they weren "t on this list, they could be on the list to be announced in August 2011.

Make free preventive services for consumers and Medicare beneficiaries will help many people to get health care services they need, even if they are medicalized.

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