Payers in cities like Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Miami and more than a dozen more will be offering physician visits without a copay or coninsurance and without first paying off a deductible, according to the Miami Herald.
Insurers are offering these benefits in response to many who purchased insurance, but still did not go to the physician due to high costs, according to the report. They are hoping free visits will help physicians catch illnesses earlier and ward off higher costs down the line, according to the report.
Some of the payers offering such benefits include Harken Health, Zoom+, Florida Blue, and Molina Healthcare. Of these payers, some can afford to offer free visits by employing salaried physicians. Others are achieving the free visits by narrowing networks or other means, according to the report.
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