Quote Originally Posted by RoadToad View Post
So, paradoxical as it may sound, the fact that your insurance company pays for routine checkups makes your health insurance cheaper in the long run.
Again. People are still thinking of health insurance and health care as the same things. They are not.

It's not the fact that the company PAYS for routine check-ups, but rather the fact that you actually GO GET the check-ups that lowers people's health care costs.