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Free Colonoscopy Coverage Means Polyps, Too

Posted on 02/25/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthA routine colonoscopy was supposed to be free under the new health care law, but then insurers began charging if doctors found and removed a polyp during the procedure. That’s a no-no, announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week, in an effort to clear up confusion about this and other medical tests that should be considered free preventive care, the Associated Press reported. In the notice posted on the HHS website, the agency explained that “polyp …

Insurance Will Have to Pay for More Preventive Care

Posted on 02/20/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsBy Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new health law requires that most insurance plans cover all costs for preventive care, including colon cancer screening. But it didn’t turn out to be that simple. Many patients ended up with a bill when the doctor performing the colonoscopy removed precancerous growths known as polyps. Why the bill? Because a preventive screening had turned into a procedure. Now the Obama administration is trying to straighten out the confusion: …