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Final Health Benefit Rules Clarify Some Confusion

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The Obama administration cleared up some confusion on Wednesday about rules governing just which health services insurance companies have to pay for.

For instance, if you get a colonoscopy and the doctor finds a pre-cancerous growth and removes it, that still counts as a cancer screening and you won’t have to pay anything for it. And mental health services must also be fully covered, the Health and Human Services Department says in its final version of the of the so-called essential health benefits rules.

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Source: NBC News

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