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Disease Prevention Focus Requires New Thinking On Drugs

In tandem with the consumer-driven health care groundswell, disease prevention is getting a boost in coverage and attention from employers and health care insurers. However, when it comes to drugs, what's preventive isn't always cut and dried.

Express Scripts, Aetna and other providers have lists of what they consider preventive drugs that qualify for coverage before the deductible in a health savings account, based on guidance from the Treasury Department and the IRS. These medications are designed to avert everything from heart attacks and strokes to bone fractures and cancer.

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posted by Mike @ 9:41 AM