New Public Poll: Emergency Care Is The Most Essential Health Benefit To Cover
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Currently, in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 10 essential health benefits, including emergency care, mental health care and prescription drug coverage, are required by law to be covered. According to the poll, emergency services rated the highest of the 10 benefits, with 73 percent of the public saying it was "very important" to keep. It was followed by hospitalization coverage with 72 percent.
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The poll also found that one-third of Americans (33 percent) have already delayed or even avoided emergency care out of concerns about the cost of the co-pay, co-insurance and/or their health insurance deductible.
"Patients can't choose where and when they will need emergency care and they shouldn't be punished financially for having emergencies," said
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