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How often should I get a colonoscopy?
How often do health and wellness professionals recommend that I get a colonoscopy? Will my health insurance cover it?
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Most healthcare professionals will recommend that you have a Colonoscopy every year after the age of 50. Although there can be some situations where a doctor may recommend that you have a Colonoscopy done before the age of 50. For example I just had my first one done last year, and I am only in my mid-forties. The reason for this had to do with my family history of a serious digestive condition called Diverticulosis.
As for whether you health care plan will cover the Colonoscopy, if you are 50 or older, they will no doubt cover it, since this is now a required screening. If you are like me and had to have the Colonoscopy done before you reach the required age, if your doctor is recommending that you have it done, and have a legitimate reason then odds are your health plan will once again cover the test, I know that mind did.
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/colonoscopy/
As for whether you health care plan will cover the Colonoscopy, if you are 50 or older, they will no doubt cover it, since this is now a required screening. If you are like me and had to have the Colonoscopy done before you reach the required age, if your doctor is recommending that you have it done, and have a legitimate reason then odds are your health plan will once again cover the test, I know that mind did.
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/colonoscopy/
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