Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, U.S. Senate June 2004 Private Health Insurance Coverage of Key Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests Is Common but Not Universal

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000232717
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, U.S. Senate June 2004 Private Health Insurance Coverage of Key Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests Is Common but Not Universal
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: Reviewed covered all four colorectal cancer tests for screening purposes. Over four-fifths of the small employer plans (16 of 19) covered all of the tests, whereas 1 plan covered only FOBT and flexible sigmoidoscopy and 2 plans covered only FOBT. Almost three-quarters of the individual plans (10 of 14), covered all of the tests, and the remaining 4 plans covered none of the tests. Approximately two-thirds of the large employer plans (24 of 35) covered all four of the tests. Among the remaining 11 plans, 5 covered only FOBT, 2 covered only flexible sigmoidoscopy, and 4 covered none of the tests. Over half of the plans offered to federal employees covered each of the four tests. Finally, among all plans that covered at least one but fewer than four tests, DCBE and colonoscopy were least likely to be covered.