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Paying health insurance can be cheaper than doing check-up

03/25/2013

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Hosanna can do exams in less time by insurance Photo: Paulo Renato Faber /

With the difficulty of getting a medical examination by the public health system, many people seek other options, always paying out of pocket. Besides hiring a health plan, another option is being sought: a check-up on their own. But in some cases the price of a monthly is smaller than that of a single medical evaluation made in a laboratory particular. 

A mammogram network diagnostic medicine to +, for example, goes for R$ 370, according to a survey by EXTRA. The So turn charges a monthly fee of R$ 312.12 for a plan with the right to stay in the apartment, for customers aged between 39 and 43 years, when the periodic evaluations begin to be given by doctors. 

The check-up is usually made by blood tests, stool and urine, cardiologic tests - electrocardiogram and stress test - X-rays and tests specific to each gender. Men can undergo a prostate ultrasound. For women are prescribed a mammogram and a transvaginal ultrasound. 

Who pays the check-up of pocket usually does the exams in several laboratories, seeking the lowest price. But there are clinics that assessment, which offer all the reviews in one place. This comfort is priceless: a check-up of these can go out to R$ 3,700. 

Problems to get medical examination in public made the diarist Hosana Jesus Marques, 39, a health plan contract. 

- The delay in the consultations is absurd. SUS (Unified Health System), with scheduled an orthopedist who took five months. In particular, get well soon.
The tests proved the network take up to two months to get ready - she said.

 
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Source: Extra - Online

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