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You’re supposed to get one free doctor’s visit every year. So why are so many Americans being charged?

You’re supposed to get one free doctor’s visit every year. So why are so many Americans being charged?

After moving to West Virginia last year, Steve Kuo signed up for a new insurance plan that would cost him $500 a month. But there was one upside: He knew he was entitled to a free preventive visit. He wanted to take advantage of it, so he made an appointment at a clinic near his new home. But then when he got there, they asked about his medical history and he mentioned prior kidney problems. When he received a bill a few weeks later, he had been charged twice for the same appointment: Once as that free preventive visit, once as an “office sick visit” because of the kidney conversatio...

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