Medicare Adds New Preventive Care Benefits in 2005

January 6th, 2005

Starting January 1, 2005, Medicare will provide coverage for three new preventive benefits under Part B. The new benefits are: a one-time initial ('Welcome to Medicare') physical exam, periodic cardiovascular screening blood tests, and periodic diabetes screening tests.

For more on the new benefits, go to: http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/Reform_PrevBenes.htm

For more details on the new and existing Medicare preventive care benefits, go to: http://www.medicarerights.org/searchframeset.htm and enter the search term "preventive".

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