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9. "Preventative Care" -
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 01:16 PM
Jan 2014

Preventative care under the private United Health care my husband and I have (and pay high premiums - over $2K month) is often free just as you'd expect. "Free" in the sense that we do not pay additional co-pays - we go in for physicals, flu shots, basic xray and dental cleanings, pap smears - and aren't even charged for office visits. Of course we've already paid a stiff premium every month.

I'm not sure why you've signed up on this website other than to complain about Obamacare. No, it is not a universal single-payer system. If that is what you thought it would be then you weren't paying attention the past few years. And even a single payer system is not "free" - the costs are simply paid by tax dollars.

What is it you are trying to say?

ETA - I am coming to the conclusion that many folks have absolutely no idea how insurance coverage works. With our UH care we also have high "deductibles" but it's not like we have to pay for every office visit the first few months until we "meet" those amounts. Those deductibles are for specific things and most years we get all of our preventative care without paying very much at all towards those "deductibles".

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