Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare: study

Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by PragmaticPulp on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:18PM (#26655076)

FYI: Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, many annual wellness checkups are covered without copay or coinsurance for anyone with insurance. Anyone concerned should check into these benefits.

Obviously, those without any form of health insurance still fall through the cracks.

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by maxerickson on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:33PM (#26656016)

Many providers will code those appointments differently if they depart from "preventative care".

So like if you mention that your knee has been hurting, they will diagnose that and charge based on the diagnosis rather than the preventative care appointment.

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by zz865 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:11PM (#26655890)

Yeah its free until you get a random bill from the lab for tests that weren't covered.

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by ndqc on Thursday April 01, 2021 @01:32PM (#26663623)

There are a thousand ways for unscrupulous providers to turn what you thought was a wellness checkup into whatever they want.

I'm new to this, but on my first attempt at a "wellness checkup" the practice gave me a form to sign when I arrived explaining why they would be billing me: it wasn't really a "wellness checkup" because I might ask the doctor a question.

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by solosoyokaze on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:39PM (#26655688)

My point was that it’s not the checkup that costs a lot, it’s the treatment of what’s discovered that keeps people from wanting to get diagnosed in the first place.

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