I guess you didn’t understand the argument that it’s possible screening is causing more harm than good. Unless we can show a net benefit, why should the public be paying for these screenings?
I guess you didn’t understand the argument that it’s possible screening is causing more harm than good. Unless we can show a net benefit, why should the public be paying for these screenings?
I do understand that the popular opinion is that screening can do more harm than good. But I've also seen lack of screening do more harm than good. All patients are different and physicians should be making the decision to screen or not to screen based upon the physician's knowledge of the patient. Insurances and Medicare and Medicaid should leave that decision to the physician, not categorically deny paying for screening tests.
I had to pay out the wazoo to get decent hrt. My Medicare-paid docs wanted to do no more than follow the footsteps painted on the floor by the Women's Health Initiative study that has screwed so many women since its publication. I thank God each and every day I can afford to pay a telemed clinic for actual "care". If I had to cut back on other things to afford it it's worth it. But demanding the government pay for it is unrealistic.
I guess you didn’t understand the argument that it’s possible screening is causing more harm than good. Unless we can show a net benefit, why should the public be paying for these screenings?
I do understand that the popular opinion is that screening can do more harm than good. But I've also seen lack of screening do more harm than good. All patients are different and physicians should be making the decision to screen or not to screen based upon the physician's knowledge of the patient. Insurances and Medicare and Medicaid should leave that decision to the physician, not categorically deny paying for screening tests.
They don’t make the decision on the screening. They make the decisions on who pays for it.
I had to pay out the wazoo to get decent hrt. My Medicare-paid docs wanted to do no more than follow the footsteps painted on the floor by the Women's Health Initiative study that has screwed so many women since its publication. I thank God each and every day I can afford to pay a telemed clinic for actual "care". If I had to cut back on other things to afford it it's worth it. But demanding the government pay for it is unrealistic.