Just as I suspected...thanks for the links BandTMom.
Your primary care physician is the one who is best qualified to determine which tests you need and when you need them (as opposed, for example, to a promotional flyer from a company like Life Line Screening, which knows nothing about you). Moreover, if your doctor orders appropriate screening tests according to guidelines, they will in all likelihood be covered by insurance or Medicare. This speaks directly to two key flaws in the Life Line offering: that you probably don’t actually need these particular screenings and that they’re not covered by insurance or Medicare. If you did need those tests, your doctor would order them, and they would be covered. Plus, your doctor will order all the right tests you need, not just some arbitrary ones that Life Line can do, and they’ll all be covered.
If you see an ad for health screening and it’s from a for-profit company (as opposed to free screening provided as a public service), think twice about whether you really need it. Then, if you’re thinking of signing up, talk to your doctor first. The odds are high that you’ll save money and get better and more complete care from your personal physician than you will from some impersonal business that happens to be passing through your town.
I also noticed how he cost of the screening seems to vary.The lady I overheard bitching was right.She got scammed.
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