As discussed in Part 1 of this series, colonoscopies are a major money-maker for the conventional medicine machine, generating at least $42B per year, year after year. Is it any wonder they backpedal on any suggestions that could reduce the number of annual procedures? The caveat is always ‘colonoscopies are the Gold Standard for screening’ (maybe it’s really just for the GOLD)? The cost of complications are not taken into consideration when analyzing the annual procedure fees.
I also briefly talked about polyps – which (surprisingly) rarely become cancerous. It should be no surprise that doctors can charge more for the procedure if they remove a tiny benign polyp….