Medicare beneficiaries who have had coverage for longer than 12 months are eligible for an annual wellness exam. This is designed to develop or update a personalized plan to help prevent disease and ...

You've selected your insurance plan for the year. Now, it's time to start using your benefits, beginning with an annual wellness exam. An annual wellness exam with a healthcare provider is important ...

In 2010, Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. It was an initiative intended to address rising healthcare costs. The ACA, also known as “Obamacare”, essentially mandated that American ...

Seeing the doctor when you're sick is a step in the right direction, but it's only a small piece of the wellness puzzle overall. Getting annual checkups reduces your chances of dealing with a chronic ...

When the pandemic swept across the globe a year ago, people's health suddenly became a whole lot more important. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta warned in March 2020 that underlying ...

Although regular wellness exams, vision and hearing tests, and dental checkups are free for low-income children on Medicaid, millions are still failing to get the preventive exams and screenings, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo's penguin habitat was transformed into the area's busiest doctor's office this week. All 24 of the John Ball Zoo's Magellanic penguins had their annual wellness ...