The issue with Cologuard is that its NOT always reliable, so if it comes back positive for blood you will need a colonosocpy regardless and you might have extra worry over nothing or it can come back as negative and give you a false sense of security. Did your insurance company tell you if the cologuard comes back positive your colonoscopy will be covered? To me colonoscopy is best but it all depends on your insurance
Exactly. My Gastro said he’s seen many people come to him worried with false positives using those.
I'm 74, and have had colonoscopies since I was 50. Had my last one in June, and hopefully, won't have to deal with any again. My gastroenterologist says we can do ColoGuard unless there's a problem that shows up in the test.
I worked for NY State, so had insurance through them. When I retired, Medicare became my primary, and my State insurance my secondary. I've never had a ColoGuard test, and all my procedures were paid for by my primary insurance at the time for all those years. I was only responsible for the co-pay. Even when he did both a colonoscopy and bronchoscopy on me at the same time, I still only had one co-pay. That's because the insurance would only pay him for one procedure, not both. He's a nice enough doctor that he will do both for the price of one.