Video: Q&A with Michelle Andrews: Preventive Health

Michelle Andrews answers a question from a consumer about why health plans are not touting more preventive health care to save on costs in the system. But, as Andrews details, new plans are going to have to provide many different sorts of preventive health services for free.

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<h1>Video: Q&A with Michelle Andrews: Preventive Health</h1>
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			December 21, 2010		</time>
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<p>Michelle Andrews answers a question from a consumer about why health plans are not touting more preventive health care to save on costs in the system. But, as Andrews details, new plans are going to have to provide many different sorts of preventive health services for free.</p><p>      <strong>More From This Series: Q&As On <a href="https://khn.org/legacy/20805226-9EC2-42B2-97E2-ADDB98F8A6A6">Options To Get Health Coverage On Your Own</a> Or <a href="https://khn.org/legacy/BB1A612E-B40D-4880-861A-FA6D4DAFDDED">Seeking Health Coverage When Traditional Coverage Is Out Of Reach</a></strong>    </p><em><a href="https://www.khn.org/about-us">KHN</a> (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a> (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.</em><p><a href="https://khn.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KHN's free Morning Briefing.</p><img src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&t=event&ec=Republish&tid=UA-53070700-2&z=1660511909688&cid=240375e4-a5f4-4845-8cea-81a29eefb375&ea=https%3A%2F%2Fkhn.org%2Fnews%2F121610-michelle-andrews-q-and-a%2F&el=Video%3A%20Q%26A%20with%20Michelle%20Andrews%3A%20Preventive%20Health"/>

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