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Give one method used by U.S. private health insurance companies to encourage their policy holders to make fewer visits to their doctors. Explain why this method works to reduce doctor visits.

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One method that is used heavily by private health insurance companies to encourage policy holders to frequent doctors less is by offering preventive care advice and programs. By offering programs and information towards the population of private health care insurance holders that frequent doctors for the same ...

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