The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicare's list of preventive services and eliminated cost sharing for these services.

The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicare's list of preventive services and eliminated cost sharing for these services.

• A. Not true
• B. The act did not affect preventive services
• C. It increased cost sharing
• D. True

Answer: (D)

This tests how the Affordable Care Act changed Medicare preventive care. The Act expanded the range of services covered as preventive and, importantly, eliminated cost sharing for those services. That means Medicare beneficiaries can receive many preventive services—such as screenings (like mammograms and colonoscopies), vaccinations, bone mass measurements, and the annual wellness visit—without paying deductibles, copays, or coinsurance when those services are covered guidelines-based. This policy is intended to boost access to preventive care and early detection. So the statement is true: the Act did expand preventive services and remove cost sharing for them. The other options conflict with these provisions, since there was a change that reduces out-of-pocket costs for covered preventive services.

This tests how the Affordable Care Act changed Medicare preventive care. The Act expanded the range of services covered as preventive and, importantly, eliminated cost sharing for those services. That means Medicare beneficiaries can receive many preventive services—such as screenings (like mammograms and colonoscopies), vaccinations, bone mass measurements, and the annual wellness visit—without paying deductibles, copays, or coinsurance when those services are covered guidelines-based. This policy is intended to boost access to preventive care and early detection. So the statement is true: the Act did expand preventive services and remove cost sharing for them. The other options conflict with these provisions, since there was a change that reduces out-of-pocket costs for covered preventive services.