Know Your Care Thanks Anthem BCBS For Encouraging Women To Use Health Reform
Contact: Nate Myszka, 715-573-5725
Madison — Know Your Care Wisconsin today thanked Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) for its call for women to take advantage of preventive health care such as breast and cervical cancer screenings during National Women’s Health Week. Such screenings are required to be offered without cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as health reform.
Getting more people to use preventive services is key to saving lives and bringing down health care costs. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 7 in 10 American deaths and 75 percent of health care costs are the result of chronic disease such as heart disease, cancer, and Type 2 diabetes. Many of these diseases can be prevented, but Americans generally use preventive services at about half the recommended rate.
“During this National Women’s Health Week, we encourage everyone to refocus on how important preventive care is to saving women’s lives and reducing health care costs,” said Doug Hill, director of Know Your Care Wisconsin. “It’s vital that women know that they can now receive so many preventive care services without a co-pay or deductible due to health reform.”
A full list of preventive services required to be offered by health insurance companies without cost sharing due to health reform is listed at:
http://www.healthcare.gov/
