Spring is not only the time when nature is at its best in the United States and the rest of the world. In addition to this beautiful season of the year, Medicare can also bring an explosion of improvements in the lives of its users. And we’re not just talking about help in fighting disease, but also the possibility of preventing it.
There is nothing safer for a human being than prevention in every sense. For this reason, Medicare offers a huge list of preventions that will make getting sick more difficult. Having access to these types of preventive services does not ensure that you will avoid illness in every way, but it does make it possible for you to forget about getting sick for a while.
These services are more useful than they seem, even though for some citizens they may seem pointless. Medicare has managed to bring together in a single preventive service all the ways that a citizen can have to be able to avoid the most important and serious illnesses to a greater extent.
Preventive services offered by Medicare
The services offered by Medicare to prevent illness cover a wide range of situations. These are the exact services that we can find:
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- Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
- Alcohol misuse screenings & counseling
- Bone mass measurements (bone density)
- Cardiovascular disease screenings
- Cardiovascular disease (behavioral therapy)
- Cervical & vaginal cancer screening
- Colorectal cancer screenings
- Multi-target stool DNA tests
- Screening barium enemas
- Screening colonoscopies
- Screening fecal occult blood tests
- Screening flexible sigmoidoscopies
- Depression screenings
- Diabetes screenings
- Diabetes self-management training
- Flu shots
- Glaucoma tests
- Hepatitis B shots
- Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection screening
- Hepatitis C screening test
- HIV screening
- Lung cancer screening
- Mammograms (screening)
- Nutrition therapy services
- Obesity screenings & counseling
- One-time “Welcome to Medicare” preventive visit
- Pneumococcal shots
- Prostate cancer screenings
- Sexually transmitted infections screening & counseling
- Shots:
- COVID-19 vaccines
- Flu shots
- Hepatitis B shots
- Pneumococcal shots
- Tobacco use cessation counseling
- Yearly “Wellness” visit
(list of services obtained from the official Medicare website)
While it is true that all these services can be requested with Medicare Part B, remember that in the long run it is cheaper to pay the premium part of this service than to pay all the medical expenses that we could have.
If you have any questions about contracting these services, you can call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). Through that call, the workers will offer you all the help available.