02-29-2008, 05:35 PM
. . .I guess it 'ends' well. . .for now. . .
Aetna Backs Off a Colonoscopy Change
. . .Bowing to critics who contended it was putting profits before patients, Aetna said Wednesday that it had suspended — at least temporarily — a plan to stop paying for routine use of a powerful anesthetic in a procedure to screen for colon cancer.
The drug, propofol, provides quick and reliable sedation for patients who are undergoing a colonoscopy, an examination of the lower intestine with a flexible probe that provides the most thorough form of screening for colon cancer. . .
the MISSING LINK to the whole truth and nothing 'butt' the truth. . .
Aetna Backs Off a Colonoscopy Change
. . .Bowing to critics who contended it was putting profits before patients, Aetna said Wednesday that it had suspended — at least temporarily — a plan to stop paying for routine use of a powerful anesthetic in a procedure to screen for colon cancer.
The drug, propofol, provides quick and reliable sedation for patients who are undergoing a colonoscopy, an examination of the lower intestine with a flexible probe that provides the most thorough form of screening for colon cancer. . .
the MISSING LINK to the whole truth and nothing 'butt' the truth. . .
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I reject your reality and substitute my own!
I reject your reality and substitute my own!