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=== No weight given to cost-effectiveness ===
The USPSTF explicitly does not consider cost as a factor in its recommendations, and it does not perform cost-effectiveness analyses.<ref name=":Branvani">{{cite journal|title=An Economic Framework For Preventive Care Advice|url=http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/11/2034|journal=Health Affairs|date=2014-11-01|issn=0278-2715|pages=2034–2040|volume=33|issue=11|first=Mark V.|last=Pauly|first2=Frank A.|last2=Sloan|first3=Sean D.|last3=Sullivan|doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0873|pmid=25368000}}</ref> American health insurance groups are required to cover, at no charge to the patient, any service that the USPSTF recommends, regardless of how much it costs or how small the benefit is.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|title = Forbidden Topic in Health Policy Debate: Cost Effectiveness|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/upshot/forbidden-topic-in-health-policy-debate-cost-effectiveness.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date=2014-12-15|access-date=2015-10-22|issn=0362-4331|first=Aaron E.|last=Carroll}}</ref>
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