The annual physical has been cast as both an essential benefit for preventive care and an unnecessary cost that overtaxes an already burdened system without making people healthier. Now that the routine checkup is covered under the federal Affordable Care Act as well as Medicare, that debate is likely to heat up.
Many doubt benefit of annual physical exceeds cost
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