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To: steve86

Steve86, this thread isn’t “anti-science.”

For so many years, people were berated if they opted not to undergo screening. Now, ever since the ACA, all of a sudden, we’re being told there’s too much screening. The timing can’t be a coincidence. It’s not about science; it’s about politics.


45 posted on 08/18/2014 7:50:43 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes
It’s not about science; it’s about politics.

Well, it is about cost to society to some extent; no argument there. Do you want to pay an additional $2,000/yr for everybody else's three-year colonoscopies? Most people don't.

In the above example, scheduling at 5 or 3 year intervals vs. ten year intervals subjects a whole bunch of people to unnecessary risks while barely even saving an additional life. If you still think 3 year intervals are desirable, then why not make it 3 month intervals and save another 1/16 life. You see, there's got to be a cutoff somewhere.

51 posted on 08/18/2014 8:37:59 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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