Why do 300,000 state employees and their families deserve this “free” (i.e., taxpayer paid) skin cancer screening while the rest of the Florida citizens do not?
Besides 300,000 state employees and their families, who else benefits, especially financially, from the taxpayer funds spent for this state perk?
Why just “free” skin cancer tests, and not tests for other kinds of common cancers such as breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers?
In this case, it will be important to “follow the money”!!
1. Florida is known as the Sunshine State.
2. Skin cancer is an awful disease, painful and deadly.
3. Many state employees workout side or are otherwise exposed.
4. Are you an idiot?
Might want to shop for a better policy. Mine always covered a prostate screening as part of the annual physical (no copay for the physical) and Texas law already requires breast and cervical cancer screenings be covered. Obamacare policies also cover an annual mammogram.
In this case, it is likely to save the state money...early detection and removal of cancerous or precancerous cells is much less costly.
The health insurance company is paying for it. My health insurance company pays 100% on skin cancer screenings, colonoscopies, and other cancer tests. The reason is that it is far cheaper to treat those kinds of cancers if they are caught early. The insurance company AND the patient benefit from early detection.
Read the article.