On 10/20/2016 2:34 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> But, Ed and Dave, there are many examples of insurance companies refusing
> to pay for preventive measures when those would be much more cost-effective
> than treatment of a degenerative condition.* What they will and won't pay seems
> to depend on some actuary calculating how long it will take the patient to die as
> opposed to how long will they require preventive measures. Insurance
> companies never do anything that won't make them money in the long run.
>
> *an example would be all the decades insurance refused to pay for mammograms,
> while knowing there would be many deaths from breast cancer that could have
> been prevented by early detection.
>
> N.
>

Its always about money. They sometimes avoid expensive medications for
the same reason.