10 Essential Health Benefits with Health Care Reform

Health care reform mandates that all new 2014 compliant plans include 10 Essential Health Benefits.

Have a look. Some of these benefits already existed, so new or expanded benefits are listed in bold:

• Ambulatory patient services
• Emergency Services
• Hospitalization
• Maternity and newborn care now automatically covered
  
• Increased benefits for mental health and substance use disorder services including behavioral health treatment
• Prescription drugs
• Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices
• Laboratory services
• Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management
• Pediatric services, including oral and vision care

For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our professional agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.

The information in this article was taken from “Health Care Reform is Coming” from BCBSNC on April 2013.

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