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"Remember Dodge’em? You sat in a bumper car trying to bump other cars and avoid being bumped by them. With Medicare, you can use that same principle to “bump or avoid” disease – for no charge. It’s called preventative care.\nMedicare preventative services include medical tests and screenings that are designed to detect indications of diseases while, if they are caught early enough, they may be able to be delayed or cured. The Affordable Care Act (as of January 1, 2011) made most of these services free when provided through Medicare. Of course, if Congress succeeds in killing or changing Affordable Care, this may not be true.\nWhat services are available?\nA long list of Medicare preventative services is available under Medicare. Here is a sampling:\nAlcohol abuse counseling (once a year)\nMammogram (once a year)\nColonoscopy (Every 24 months if high risk; otherwise, every 120 months; co-pay required if polyps are removed)\nDiabetes screening (can be two screenings per year)\nFlu shot (one per flu season)\nStop-smoking counseling (eight visits in a 12-month period)\n........"
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