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For those new to Medicare, Obamacare gives you “Free” Annual Wellness Exam. The administration at your current med clinic will be hounding you to participate.

Be very careful. Keep in mind that you can refuse the “wellness visit”.

The visit is nothing more than a nurse asking you many personal, intrusive questions and documenting all in a government database.

Many of the questions have to do with your state of mind.

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT EXPANDS MEDICARE COVERAGE
FOR PREVENTION AND WELLNESS

The Affordable Care Act[1] (ACA) adds coverage for a new “Wellness Visit” and eliminates cost-sharing for almost all of the preventive services covered by Medicare, effective January 1, 2011. This Alert discusses both provisions.

Wellness Visit

Starting next year, Medicare will cover a new annual wellness visit and will provide payment for the creation of a personalized prevention plan. The wellness visit will include a health risk assessment to:

Establish or update the individual’s medical and family history;

Create a list of current providers and suppliers involved in providing medical care, including a list of prescriptions;

Take measurements of height, weight, body mass index, blood pressure and other routine measurements; and

Detect cognitive impairments.....

http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/InfoByTopic/PartB/10_09.09.WellnessVisit.htm

Thanks for the ping Jag.

Since I use the MTF where I live, I get the ubiquitous “are you depressed/suicidal/intent on causing harm” interrogation.

I just remain polite with the A1C tech and answer, truthfully, since I’m not.

However, I refuse to answer if they ask about firearms. Can only recall one doing that.

I also make sure the family answer in the same way.