A screening colonoscopy showing a polyp costs about $1,000, including care. If that same polyp is found only two years later and has turned into colon cancer, the costs can go up to $20,000. I'm talking about a public system where the patient will have to receive radiation or chemotherapy and be absent from work for a long time.
Economically, the costs are absolutely different. Investing immediately saves us money. In terms of the social cost, it is quite obvious that if we have to do a day procedure—