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March 15, 2011 at 08:00 PM
About 150,000 Medicare enrollees used new Affordable Care Act basic Medicare annual wellness visit benefits between Jan. 1 and Feb. 23, Obama administration officials say.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have posted a discussion of the new basic Medicare wellness benefits on the Web.
In the past, basic Medicare enrollees had to pay for all or part of the cost of many preventive services, such as checkups and vaccinations.
To get first-dollar coverage or low-co-payment coverage for routine care, enrollees had to buy Medicare supplement insurance or sign up for Medicare Advantage managed care plans.
