Indlela Yokuthola Usizo Lwezezimali Embusweni Wakho
Nakuba ama- cancer amaningi amaningi angaphili kahle uma ehlongozwa kusengaphambili, kusalokhu kubangelwa imbangela yesibili yokuhola komdlavuza e-US
Namuhla, umuntu oyedwa kuphela kubantu abadala abathathu abaneminyaka engu-50 kuya ku-75 ubudala abatholile ukuhlolwa komdlavuza wekolon njengoba kunconywa yi-US Preventive Services Task Force, naphezu kokuthi kunganciphisa ingozi yokufa ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-90.
Abantu abathinteka kakhulu ngaleli gap lokufinyelela ngabantu abadala abangaqinisekisiwe, abangaphezu kwesigamu sabo abangabonanga udokotela kakhulu okwenzelwe inqubo yobuchwepheshe ngonyaka odlule.
Izindleko ezilinganiselwe zokukhethwa kwe-Colorectal Screening
Ngokwesifundo se-2016 esivela ku-Henry J. Kaiser Foundation, abakwaMelika abangama-28.5 okwamanje abaqinisekisiwe. Kulaba, abaningi bacabanga ukuthi abakwazi ukuthola ukuhlolwa komdlavuza wekoloni noma bamane behlushwa izindleko ezingaphandle kwe-pocket ezihlobene nokuhlola
Ngokwesilinganiso, izinto zendiza zibiza izindleko ezahlukene zokuhlola zifaka:
- Ukuhlolwa kwegazi lokugcoba kwe-fecal: $ 3 kuya ku-$ 40
- Ukuhlolwa kwe-DNA ye-Fecal: $ 400 kuya ku-800
- I-contrast ye-barium enema-double: $ 200 kuya ku-$ 1,000
- ikholonoscopy ebonakalayo : $ 750 kuya ku-2,000
- sigmoidoscopy: $ 2,000 kuya ku-$ 3,750
- i- colonoscopy evamile: $ 2,000 kuya ku-$ 3,750
Ngisho noma ukwazi ukukhokhela ezinye zalezi zindleko, ithegi lentengo yezivivinyo eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu ayifinyeleleki kuMelika ovamile.
Kodwa nasi isenzo: eshibhile akusho ukuthi kubi nakakhulu. Namuhla, ubuchwepheshe obusetshenziselwa i-virtual (CT) colonoscopy ayiyona into engavamile kuphela kune-colonoscopy evamile, ngokuvamile iphumelela futhi ikwazi ukubona hhayi kuphela ngaphakathi kwekoloni kodwa ngaphandle.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindleko zokuhlola zingahluka emtholampilo owodwa kuya kwesinye.
Ukusesha okungahlelekile kwe-intanethi kuthole i-Windsong Radiology Group eBuffalo, eNew York inenani lentengo ye-$ 1,016 ye-colonoscopy ebonakalayo kodwa yanciphisa izindleko ku-$ 775 kuphela uma zikhokhwa phambili ngokugcwele.
Lokhu kwenza isenzo esilula sokuqhathanisa ukuthenga konke okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi ukhokha ngaphandle kwephaketheni.
Usizo lwezezimali lwe-Uninsured
Uma ukukhokhela esikhwameni akunakwenzeka, usizo lwezezimali lungatholakala ezinombeni eziningi zombuso nezendawo. Ukufaneleka kuyisisekelo esivela kumholo wonyaka wemindeni nemibundu kusukela ku-200 kuya ku-400 amaphesenti we- Federal Poverty Level (FPL) nakakhulu kwezinye izifundazwe. Lokhu kusho ukuthi imindeni engenayo imindeni ephansi kuphela iyafaneleka kepha abanye abahola ngemali engenayo, futhi:
Phakathi kwenketho etholakalayo kubantu kanye nemikhaya efanelekile:
- I-Medicaid wuhlelo lwezempilo lwezempilo olulawulwa yizizwe ngamunye. Ukuhlolwa komdlavuza weColon kufakwa inzuzo ebalulekile ngaphansi komthetho we-federal, okusho ukuthi uhulumeni unesibopho sokumboza izindleko ngokugcwele. Ngalokhu kukhulunywa, umbuso ngamunye nawo uqala ukukhomba ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo lokuhlola oluzohlinzeka. Ungathola ukuthi yini ehlinzekwa kuhulumeni wakho, kanye nezidingo zamanje zokufaneleka, ku-Benefits.gov.
- I-Medicare Part B inikeza izinzuzo ezifanayo mahhala kubantu abadala 50 nangaphezulu. Izinketho ziyahlukahluka kodwa zingabandakanya i-enema ye-barium kabili, i-colonoscopy, ukuhlola kwegazi okumnyama, ukuhlola kwe-DNA ye-fecal, nesigmoidoscopy eguquguqukayo.
- Izinhlelo ezithile zokuhlola ukukhululeka ngezinye izikhathi zinikezwa ngamasu asekelwe emphakathini naseminyangweni yezempilo yasendaweni. Ungathola ezinye zalezi zinhlelo ngokusebenzisa i-Stop Colon Cancer Manje engenzi-nzuzo.
- I-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) e-Atlanta iphinde ixhase uhlelo lwe- Screening for Life olubuyisela iminyango yezempilo iqhaza ngokuhlolwa komdlavuza. Uma uxhumana nomnyango wakho wezempilo noma womphakathi wendawo, cela ukuthi bahlanganyele yini ohlelweni lwe-CDC futhi uma ludluliselwa ekuhloleni okukodwa.
> Imithombo
- > I-American Cancer Society. "Izincomo ze-American Cancer Society for Detection Cancer Early Detection." I-Atlanta, Georgia; ibuyekezwe ngoJanuwari 20, 2017.
- > Kaiser Family Foundation. "Amaqiniso abalulekile mayelana nabasebenzi abangaqinisekisiwe." ENew York, eNew York; Ngo-September 29, 2016.