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Following the passage of Obamacare, insurance companies are required to cover blood labs as part of an annual preventative care visit. This is a great opportuni
by leroy_masochist 11y ago
Following the passage of Obamacare, insurance companies are required to cover blood labs as part of an annual preventative care visit. This is a great opportunity that far to many people pass up. You get a lot more insight out of those labs than you do from just blood pressure and resting heart rate -- especially if you track things year-to-year.
- nugget 11y agoJust a heads up that this may not be the case for everyone. I have an ACA plan and while the PCP visit was free, the blood test he ordered was not. There's still some confusion about exactly what's covered and what's not, and it sounds like it could change over time. http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2015/03/08/does-the-aca-actually-mandate-free-checkups/ http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2015/03/08/does-the-aca-ac...
- leroy_masochist 11y agoSorry, to be clear -- an annual PCP visit may result in the doctor ordering a blood test that you have to partially pay for, depending on what the doctor thinks needs to be done following his/her examination of you. Basic blood work of a preventative-care nature, such as HDL/LDL ratio, triglycerides, etc, is covered. Those are the metrics I was referring to in the parent comment.