Not in the news...but it should be....

Not cool
You had to figure this would happen when the recommendation came out for screening to start at age 50. As an aside our insurance (and our insurance is pretty decent) does not pay for mammograms, we pay that out of pocket, and when I get the bill ($300.00) from the University of Michigan I make a call and they reduce it to $193.00 if I pay within 60 days. Our insurance also does not cover screening colonoscopies anymore. Last year I was refused so this year my doctor wrote the order that it was a follow up to previous colonoscopy (6 years ago) and that I had some digestive complaints and they covered it with no problem. Tina

tootsie1 said:

Yikes
Not good!

*hugs*
Gail

Watch out for that so-called Healthcare "reform" bill
that Democrats got their 60 votes for.....I wonder if health plans will force people over 50 to go on Medicare as primary coverage to cut expenses and tho I pay alot for my plan, even with additional deductable and then small out-of -pocket for ostomy supplies thety's covered well over $150,000 s o far. Bluntly-I don't trust politicians at all and even more so as I get older......Happy Holiday