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Your colonoscopy conversation just moved up five years
New guidance puts colorectal screening at 40 for Black patients. Nine insurers already cover it. Here is how to ask.
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A federal task force moved the recommended first colorectal screening for Black patients from 45 to 40, citing a decade of data on younger diagnosis at later stages. Insurers have 12 months to comply, but a Capital B survey found nine major plans already cover screening at 40 with no cost sharing.
