Preventive Health Screening Covered at 100% - US Preventive Services Task Force Explained

Learn the US Preventive Services Task Force List of Health Screening Recommendations:
--Vital Sign Screenings: Body Mass Index for Obesity, Blood Pressure for Hypertension Screening.
--Lab Screenings: Cholesterol, Blood Glucose for Diabetes Screening
--Imaging Screenings: Mammograms for Breast Cancer Screening, CT Scans of the Lungs for Lung Cancer Screening in Smokers
--Pelvic Exam Screenings: Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer Screenings, Other Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening
Sources: www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0501/p7...
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[@DavidGoldfarb1]

Great video - one comment I would add is that the removal of polyps during coloniscopy is not covered at 100% because it is considered surgical

[@formerfundienowfree4235]

Only 5-10% of adenomas become cancer.

[@aguanta6492]

Hi Dr. Bricker, love the videos! I find it to be such a paradox that preventive screenings and wellness programs all screen for BMI /weight but most plans I see (I work on the broker side) exclude weight loss programs/meds/ even consults with your doctor can be denied if the doctor codes it for weight loss or weight concerns. Why is this?

[@ahealthcarez]

Because they don’t want to pay for it and they can get away with it. Thank you for watching and for your question.

[@railzip]

This is perfect, coming from the pop health world.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for watching and for your feedback.

[@langrock74]

Someone should tell the healthcare providers about these allegedly 100%-covered preventive tests. I heard from many colleagues that a 'preventive' colonoscopy ended up costing them thousands of dollars after the doc changed the billing code to 'diagnostic' when finding a polyp. The healthcare industry in the US, and that includes insurance companies and providers, is broken. They don't try to keep patients healthy, they are only about maximizing profits.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for watching and for your comment.

[@patrickroger185]

Does Medicare stop paying for Antigen tests?

[@ahealthcarez]

Not that I’m aware of. Thank you for your question.

[@formerfundienowfree4235]

Vitamin D levels should be included and covered. Instead such an important nutrient is ignored. They only want to check things that will make them money. Things that will put you on a big Pharma drug or require more invasive procedures like biopsies. Can you please discuss the problem of overdiagnosis and over treatment? I am in a place where I am perfectly happy to let my body tell me if there’s something I need to get checked. I am not going to go looking for things. I am well insured. Meanwhile poor people can’t even get actual medical problems taken care of. The whole system is so broken.

[@allewis7819]

The wellness industry should be required to learn this stuff instead of screening the stuffing out of employees

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for watching and for your comment, Al!!

[@formerfundienowfree4235]

A negative colonoscopy does not make you healthier. In fact you have subjected yourself to a expensive, grossly invasive test involving anesthesia as well as an unpleasant prep and this test is not without risks and complications. But hey you get to have that negative test to pad your chart with.