ajtj99's Market Pulse

[rich ruscio]

There are a host of studies that show that screening - checking for non-emergent conditions - is only minimally useful in finding 'soon to be emergent' conditions.

The result isn't surprising when you consider how rarely people get 'freshly' sick, and when they do, they go to the Doc on a non-screening visit. As a consequence of the experience of rarely getting sick, younger people tend to not carry health care coverage, because it is seriously not cost effective. There's a 47 million uninsured number batted about, and while I don't remember what I found from CMS, a big chunk of them were 18-35 years old.

Regardless, I bet they bill LG for a screening visit anyhow

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