Here’s a healthcare problem Benefits pros will want to address: Employees are skipping out on the critical — and potentially life-saving — medical procedures and choosing more costly ones they might not need.
One of the best examples: colonoscopies. Research has proven that individuals age 50 and over (or those with a high risk of cancer) greatly reduce the risk of getting colon cancer, or having it spread and requiring a chemotherapy, simply by getting colonoscopies done.
Cancerous and precancerous polyps found during the colonoscopy can actually be removed right on the spot — making it an extremely cost-effective procedure.
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