When it comes to health care, every choice you make has an impact on your health – and your health plan. When you make smart choices about the medical services and prescriptions you buy, you not only protect your physical health, but your financial health as well.

So where do you start?

First, focus on your health and what you can do to get healthy and stay healthy. It’s a simple fact that good health -- and good preventive health care – will keep costs down for you and everyone else.

Next, get informed and choose medical services wisely. Ironically, using the health care system more often to buy more treatments, tests and prescriptions doesn’t always equal better health – just more spending. Making responsible health care choices and leading a healthy lifestyle can be key.

Finally, if you have an illness or medical condition, follow your doctor’s instructions and be responsible for managing your condition between doctor visits.

At BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, we’re putting better health at the center of all we do. And helping you plan for better health with information, assistance, and reminders about how important good health is to every member of your family.