Preventative tests at no cost

Sometimes I wonder whether this blog is simply a link-dump for NYTimes articles.  But nevertheless, here goes:

New rules from the U.S. Government's Executive Branch that insurance companies will be required to cover all costs associated with basic preventative and diagnostic medical tests.  Good news indeed.  Will save the ~100k lives, as quoted in the article and will probably also lower costs.  This, like many other things, is incremental, but it's another notch on the belt.