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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (11495)	11/18/2009 5:46:44 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

There is probably some reasonable explanation, but it does seem odd to me. He said the proscription on outpatient facilities was a state thing stemming from hospital lobbying, not federal policy. Sorry I neglected to specify that. Regardless, the cost is there. The EKG is federal policy, though. It seems to me reasonable that Medicare would pay for the EKG if the gastro guy thought it necessary but requiring it seems wasteful to me. they don't pay but every 10 years or something for a screening colonoscopy A follow-up colonoscopy was recommended in three years. Since the doctor is busy, I started the scheduling process a few months in advance of three years. As it turns out, they had an opening next month, which would have been less than three years, and, knowing Medicare, I asked if they would balk at paying if I got it early. The doctor said that Medicare won't fuss at anything over two years and but trying to do it more frequently than that might not be safe. The ten years may be if the colonoscopy didn't find anything. I had a polyp the last time. I didn't ask about the endoscopy. I hadn't had one in seven years. Last one was clean.