Saturday, June 1, 2013

The Cost of Colonoscopies

I've got my insurance authorization to have this procedure done, but I've been waiting for the semester to wind down to schedule it. It's a routine test after the age of 50, apparently, and an expensive one, depending on how doctors bill insurance providers.

See the New York Times, "The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill: Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures."

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