“So you’re saying that we could save money by regularly testing everyone for all known treatable medical conditions?”
You are being ridiculous and you know it.
May you never have some medical condition that gets discovered too late to be treatable, because doctors withold testing from you.
Tests save lives and save medical costs, by discovering illnesses while they are still treatable and treatable at a lower cost. Cutting down on testing would result in diseases being discovered later, when their treatments would cost more and of course more people would die, but I suppose you would prefer that — as long as it’s not you, I am sure, but if it were you, I bet you want to have the tests to discover what causes your symptoms and get treatment.
One obvious example is cholesterol tests and treatment. It not only saves lives, but it’s cost effective, because it prevents heart attacks, which kill people or leave them severely disabled, not to mention the cost of treating a heart attack vs. the cost of paying for cholesterol lowering pills.
Not at all.
"High cholesterol" is fairly common, and cholesterol tests are inexpensive.
Other conditions are less common, and testing is more expensive.
What's your rule on "Who gets screened for what?"?
I have a question. Which is worse high cholesterol or high BP?