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Originally Posted by Mosbonian
Just a slight comment here...
The Cologuard tests can come back with false positives....and then they will tell you to get a colonoscopy with your Dr.
But here is where your insurance can make your life miserable....there are some providers that will not pay for the colonoscopy if you have already done a Cologuard test.
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For sure. Its like a 13% false positive rate, which is above the acceptance criteria of any analysis that I'd bring to production in my non-medical role. So that kind of struck me as possible double dip scenario.
So that's good info about insurance possibly balking in those certain circumstances.
It was presented to me, and something I thought worthy of mentioning here, as an alternative for people under 50, with no family history of cancer, that may otherwise wait until they’re 50, to at least get prescreened.