This Friday, March 16, 2012 photo shows Dawn Meehan, a teacher's assistant and writer, in her classroom at Gotha Middle School in Windermere, Fla. Meehan, 42, had a colonoscopy in February 2012, under deep sedation monitored by an anesthesia specialist; her insurance covered everything. Colonoscopies to screen for colon cancer usually aren't recommended�until age 50 but Meehan had the exam because of symptoms for a common�digestive disease. She was a low-risk patient and said if her colonoscopy doctor had offered it, she might have chosen light sedation. But even though the extra sedation is more costly, Meehan said patients who want it should get it, because otherwise some might

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