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There's a diminishing (and potentially hazardous) return to health screening past a certain point. At the very least, more screenings raises costs without necessarily improving outcomes. At worst, it can generate false positives that lead to unnecessary interventions, or false negatives where a serious issue is ignored because "the doctor didn't bring it up".


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