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Preventive health coverage now required
Event spotlights Obamacare provisions for diabetes
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Registered dietician Pam Thompson stresses the importance of fiber to people attending her short course on healthy eating, one of several sessions on different topics offered during the Diabetes Exposed event Saturday. - photo by Al Hackle/special
Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers must now cover many preventive health services, such as diabetes screenings, often at no cost to the patient. And of interest to people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, the law bars lifetime caps on coverage. Kicking off the Diabetes Exposed event Saturday morning, keynote speakers Paul Ferguson and Dr. Brian DeLoach outlined these and other “Obamacare” benefits.
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