AMA president warns against preventive services task force cuts
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AMA president warns against preventive services task force cuts
Dr. Bobby Mukkamala: It’s going to be a bad trickle down. He says insurance companies will say, you know what, if there’s not a body that says this is something you should get done, then you will have to pay for it.
Yes, it’s going to be a bad trickle down, right? Because what’s going to happen is, right now, if you get a colonoscopy to screen for cancer and that’s covered because it’s under the USPSTF recommendation, and, all of a sudden, for whatever reason, their mind changes or there is no USPSTF, and now all of a sudden that’s something that is optional, right?
It’s not something that’s recommended by a body that really studies it hard. And what is an insurance company going to do? It’s somewhat likely, maybe very likely, that they will say, you know what, if there’s not a body that says this is something you should get done, then this is something that we’re not going to cover for free. You will have to pay for it.
And where does that leave the people in this country when there’s something that they need medically to catch something early, based on the evidence and the science, but they got to pay for it, right? That is a bad direction to go in the health of our country.
Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ama-president-warns-against-preventive-services-task-force-cuts