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TUP, I'm disappointed. Of course, preventative care saves money.

I guess you guys don't want anyone between a doctor and patient, except for a for profit insurance company with a history of screwing people.

I don't think the ACLU is opposed to, "Hey, if you see dumb-ass bullshit lies about us, let us know, OK?"

Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy

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Preventive, wellness care could drive up costs: CBO
"The Congressional Budget Office said that federal investment in prevention and wellness programs could actually drive up costs rather than reduce them, and potentially overstep programs already in place in Medicare and private health plans. “Although different types of preventive care have different effects on spending, the evidence suggests that for most preventive services, expanded utilization leads to higher, not lower, medical spending overall,” CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf wrote in a blog entry posted Sunday.

Preventive services include medical procedures to test for certain types of cancer, cholesterol management and vaccines, while wellness programs include weight-management programs, dietary advice and smoking cessation directions.

In each case, the CBO said that even though it plans to study the topic further, it's hard-pressed to show what's known as "scorable" long-term savings. The issue has long frustrated lawmakers, who have banked on parlaying such programs into future healthcare savings.

Legislation in the House and Senate meant to reshape the healthcare system include measures to nudge Americans into healthier lifestyles, and members of Congress have tried to count those programs toward an overall lowering of healthcare costs.

But researchers who have studied preventive care “generally find that the added costs of widespread use of preventive services tend to exceed the savings from averted illness,” the CBO states."

As far as the for profit insurance companies are concerned, whatever entity, be it private or federal, that is footing the bill for this at the very least is going to have to find a way to bring at least the amount they are paying out. There is only going to be one source for this cash flow one way or another. That source is the consumer. The only way you can avoid this is to go back to the days when doctors prescribed goat testicles and eyes of newt to cure what ailed you. If you want to rail on a big bad corporation let's start with the pharmaceutical companies. Insurance is not really insurance if it does not at least break even.

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