Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Cancer Screens and Politics? Oh, My!

Gee.

What a difference six months — and a health-care overhaul proposal — can make! Just six months ago, the U.S Preventive Services Task Force, which works within the Department of Health and Human Services as a “best practice” panel on prevention, sounded a warning signal over a slight decline in annual mammograms among women in their 40s. In fact, they warned women of this age bracket that they could be risking their lives if they didn’t get the annual preventive exam ... --Ed Morrissey, quoted at ProEcclesia

Now, with a massive cost-problem arising, it's que sera...

5 comments:

neomom said...

Dare we say "Death Panel"?

Amy said...

How about "Sarah Palin was right"?

Anonymous said...

How about "Fox News got busted". To be fair, liberal news agencies also engage in "innocent" mistakes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1NWYV1i_Eo

Phelony Jones said...

Watch....this is the first of many new "recommendations" in advance of a health takeover. They're prepping the masses.

neomom said...

Every single woman that I know that has had breast cancer was under 50. The most recent is 48 and in chemo now for an agressive type found on her mammogram this July.

Of note - GE's new insurance plan that starts Jan 1 will pay 100% of preventive screenings (not subject to any deductible) if they are recommended by this task force. If they aren't on the list, its out-of-pocket before deductible - 80% after. Unfortunately, they published all their information for this year saying mammograms were covered.

Any bets on how long it takes for Medicaid and other state plans like BadgerCare to follow that lead.