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Market views Jill Davies, Westfield Health Scheme The time has come for intermediaries to remove the blinkers and take a good long look at healthcare cash plans. Forget the traditional battlelines between private medical insurance (PMI) and healthcare cash plans, the two can now work brilliantly side by side to keep costs down for client companies, while still providing wider health benefits. They can bridge the vital gaps between PMI and the NHS by providing the added benefit of cover for everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physiotherapy and chiropractic treatmen...