All about essential benefits and preventive care
What are essential health benefits? They’re 10 categories of care that have to be covered by all plans available on the Health Insurance Marketplace at healthcare.gov. What does that mean for you?
Before health care reform, not all of these benefits and services were covered by all plans. You may have had to pay extra to add coverage for benefits like maternity and prescription drugs. Individual and family plans carry these benefits. Watch the video or read the transcript below to find out more.