Colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the USA.  Early detection/screening is vital.

I think it is great that it is 90 percent treatable if detected early. To get screened for colorectal cancer  is something we should do. If someone has health insurance or funds to pay for this – all well and good!  How about the people that are uninsured/under-insured/too poor to pay out of pocket?  The millions of dollars raised for  Cancer foundations – why can’t some of that be used to help human kind? My point is this: All the monies raised that are used for cancer awareness doesn’t do a bit of good for those that cannot afford the screening. Put the donated money to better use and enable the less fortunate to be screened. 

This test should be available to all US citizens. From what I gather Medicaid doesn’t pay for this routine screening because it is not life threatening. Wait until the person has full blown cancer with the odds against them before more costly treatment will be covered by medicaid. But yet early detection is the key and is less expensive. It kinda looks like preventable death to a medicaid recipient is not on our government’s agenda. I could be wrong. I hope I am wrong.

The Pennsylvania Cancer Consortium has a national touring exhibit known as the “Prevent Cancer Super Colon.” Is this agency funded by public funds/donations?  Will it help those less fortunate to obtain colorectal screening? I’d be suprised if it did. 

I called the local Cancer Society and asked if they assist with cancer screenings . The reply I received was that they help with the cost of medicine and sometimes provide transportation if necessary and nothing more. Whoopie doo! Keeping Big Pharma in business and providing transportation to do so if necessary.  All this promotion about early detection – but yet financial  help doesn’t seem available until it is probably too late and the patient’s odds of loss of their life is not in their favor.

Colorectal cancer often begins with mild symptoms that are often mistaken as an intestinal bug or hemorrhoids. By all means, get screened for one of the most preventable cancers today!!!