Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ...
by snarf21 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @09:18AM
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There is only one problem with healthcare in the US: misaligned incentives.
Medicare would likely save money by having free screenings and yearly bloodwork for all Americans starting at say age 40. The cost of some of these experimental cancer drugs is very very high not to mention surgery/chemo/radiation/etc. Additionally, it would create more incentives to find cheaper/faster/newer tests for these diseases knowing that there will be a HUGE market for them forever. My guess is that after some small number of years, this would actually save Medicare money. Obviously, there is the human upside as well.
Medicare would likely save money by having free screenings and yearly bloodwork for all Americans starting at say age 40. The cost of some of these experimental cancer drugs is very very high not to mention surgery/chemo/radiation/etc. Additionally, it would create more incentives to find cheaper/faster/newer tests for these diseases knowing that there will be a HUGE market for them forever. My guess is that after some small number of years, this would actually save Medicare money. Obviously, there is the human upside as well.