SCOTUS ruled that the affordable health act “preventative” screenings are legal and should stay in place
https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/preventivecare/116288
I can’t say I disagree with this one…..because for SOME people, preventative screenings is important. Caveat here: I do believe we as a population are over-screened and over-radiated. The reason for supporting keeping the screenings in place are for those who do have genetic predisposition to things like breast and colon cancer. Their insurance should be forced to pay for the screenings. Without the mandate for screening, insurance can deny paying for them. Insurance is already a large profit making boondoggle, they do need to be held accountable to cover things in patients who are high risk.
I don’t disagree, but, in general, I’d like to see a lot more health and a lot less “healthcare”.
Screening based on things like...well you're a certain age now, you need your screenings. As if they expect everyone over the age of 60 or 70 to get cancer. Screw the percentages...that is a fear tactic since no one is a "percentage". There is no one-size-fits-all in medicine like they want us to believe.
Then if they find something, trusting the screening was done correctly and the results are true, they will want to do more tests. Then you have to make the assumption and many times cross a bridge too far (for me anyway) that the medical mafia has the fix. Drugs, radiation, chemo...these are NOT fixes, they are toxic poisons. The real fix would be to address the root causes. Something no medico would be caught dead trying to ascertain.
Screenings are basically used as a scare factor for marketing more tests, drugs and procedures...none guaranteed to subvert the problem. The only thing that is for certain, the medical mafia will make big bucks. Health care professionals are trained to push these things and since most want to keep their jobs, they do. You are the dummy patient and they are the trained experts, got it?