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Health Care Look at first 3 generations Know cause of death and age of death Affordable Care Act ensures that we can choose our own providers within our insurance plan networks, not having to be subjected to an assigned provider Allopathic medicine is conventional/western medicine Osteopaths h...

Health Care Look at first 3 generations Know cause of death and age of death Affordable Care Act ensures that we can choose our own providers within our insurance plan networks, not having to be subjected to an assigned provider Allopathic medicine is conventional/western medicine Osteopaths have same training as MD but focus on skeletal and muscular systems PA's now can act as PCP's By selecting your team, ask: Are they listening to you? Do you feel respected? Do they give you time to ask questions? Do they return your phone calls in a timely manner? Do they rush you? biologically based CAM is the most practiced in the USA In the US most provided health insurance is private PPO offers more providors than HMO, but less likely to coordinate care among providers Deductibles: payments the patient must make before health insurance kicks in ($500- 5000) Co-payment: set amounts that the patient pays for service or products received regardless of the actual cost of the product. Co-insurance: percentage of cost patient must pay based on policy