1.   Exercise and preventive medical care can keep you in shape.

2.   Among the plans that fared poorly on preventive care measures were Anthem Health Plan, now part of AmeriHealth, and PCA Health Plans of Texas.

3.   And preventive care is cheaper than letting someone get really sick and land in a hospital emergency room.

4.   And they argue that consumers would rather save money than spend it on preventive care, which could eventually increase health care costs.

5.   Brazelton took the opportunity to decry the fact that many families do not regularly take their children to doctors for preventive care.

6.   -- See your family doctor regularly for preventive care and follow doctor instructions.

7.   Bradham favored the possibility that the higher mortality rates could be related to a lack of adequate preventive care as much as insurance status.

8.   But a patient in a managed care plan, receiving the regular preventive care that prolongs lives and spares the emergency room, is cheaper to care for.

9.   But by the time they call the ambulance, many have gone without the preventive care that might have averted the crisis.

10.   But some observers are skeptical about how deep the managed care commitment to preventive care, especially in its more costly forms, really runs.