Senator Ben Cardin

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Senator Ben Cardin @SenatorCardin

Medicare covers preventive scans, called DXA, to detect osteoporosis for women, and covers limited DXA scans for men. An important test needed before prescribing medications to treat osteoporosis. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 17, 2021

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Osteoporosis is responsible for approximately 300,000 hip fracture hospitalizations and almost two million broken bones per year, yet nearly 80 percent of older Americans who suffer bone breaks are not tested or treated for the disease. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 17, 2021

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Advocates believe that hospitals and physician practices acquired by hospitals have decreased the number of DXA tests performed on Medicare beneficiaries because they lose money on the low reimbursement rate. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 17, 2021