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by DonsDiscountGas 1024 days ago
I can see why insurance companies might not want to pay, but the people selling the screenings absolutely would want you to get screened.

I dunno about all types of cancer (and screening methods), but mammograms definitely are not helpful and this has been known for a long time [0]

[0] https://www.vox.com/2015/7/6/8900751/breast-cancer-overdiagn... (2015)