Doctors at Overlake say they’re tired of waiting until it’s too late to discover patients have lung cancer, so the hospital is offering a new, low-cost option to encourage more high-risk patients to get screened.
Medicare and other insurers don’t cover early screening for lung cancer until major symptoms have appeared — often when it's too late to save the patient's life.
“Having Medicare and other insurers cover screening would clearly save lives,” said Dr. Todd Freudenberger, a specialist…
Doctors at Overlake say they’re tired of waiting until it’s too late to discover patients have lung cancer, so the hospital is offering a new, low-cost option to encourage more high-risk patients to get screened.
Medicare and other insurers don’t cover early screening for lung cancer until major symptoms have appeared — often when it's too late to save the patient's life.
“Having Medicare and other insurers cover screening would clearly save lives,” said Dr. Todd Freudenberger, a specialist…