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Stay on schedule Delaying regular visits to your doctor is a bad idea By Jackson A. Thomas

Barbara Bell knows the importance of medical care and regular visits to the doctor, and why they’re vital for her during the pandemic. Bell, a retired teacher, has rheumatoid arthritis and takes medication that suppresses her immune system. “That causes me to be even more concerned about protective measures to avoid contact with COVID-19,” says Bell, a Pennsylvania State Education Association labor trustee on the Allegheny County School Health Insurance Consortium Board of Trustees. “Maintaining health care — both medical checkups and preventive screenings — are critical at any time, but are particularly challenging during the current pandemic. Chronic disease management is essential to prevent the many serious effects of many diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, etc. Preventive screenings allow a person to identify and treat a medical condition early, with a goal of providing better outcomes.”

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