Top Health News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health officials are considering including tests for sexually transmitted diseases same pox and hepatitis B for the old and unfit awninged low Medicare.

The national upbeat insurance program, which already pays for HIV tests, said on Thursday that it was considering adding the added STD exams as part of an initiative to counterbalance more preventive care.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officials are due to foretell a draft selection by August 24.

Americans are living longer, and Medicare's analyse comes as researchers encounter more senior Americans remaining sexually active.

Most sexually transmitted incident tests low consideration are aimed at people at high venture for such diseases. Most are for women and some specifically for pregnant women, who are included in Medicare's unfit beneficiaries.

Nearly 39 meg Americans age 65 and senior are awninged low the insurance information as well as 7.6 meg disabled.

Public upbeat experts say early screening and preventive care crapper outlay less in the daylong run by avoiding complications that crapper hap from suspended treatment. In this case, it could also support preclude the distribute of incident to others.

CMS has had the power to add coverage for preventive services since 2009, and Medicare already covers pap smears and pelvic exams in constituent to screening tests for colorectal cancer and diabetes.

Specifically, Medicare is now considering investigating for:

* chlamydial incident for sexually astir or pregnant women aged 24 and junior and for older, sexually astir or pregnant women at higher risk

* gonorrhea incident in all sexually astir or pregnant women if they are at accumulated risk

* hepatitis B virus incident in pregnant women

* pox incident for all those at accumulated risk

* high-intensity activity counseling to preclude incident for sexually astir adolescents and for adults at greater risk

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by David Storey)

Source