abcnews.go.com — "Their justification: these new guidelines capture 81% of mammography's benefits, save a lot of resources, w/only a 3% drop in survivorship from the most common cancer to affect women," said Dr. Marisa Weiss, president & founder of BreastCancer.org. "But what really is the cost? & who is paying that price? It could be you, your mom, daughter, siste
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ShovelbabyNov 18, 2009
After this report, you won't be able to get a mammogram if you are under 40. As it is now, if this is a concern of yours, you can shop insurance plans to make sure that you can get them if you want them.Medicare is already the largest denier of claims over all the insurance companies by far ( <a class="user" href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/10/05/ama-endorses-largest-denier-of-health-care-claims/" rel="nofollow">http://biggovernment.com/2009/10/05/ama-endorses-l ...</a> ). If we get socialized care, look for waiting lists rationing and high taxes, like there is in every other country that does it.
ShovelbabyNov 18, 2009
I find some of the comments in this thread disturbing. I guess people really have so little compassion that they think it is okay to have a percentage of people die as long as they put healthcare in the hands of government. People that are for single payer use the bogus WHO report and claim that U.S. life expectancy is low compared to other countries (another bogus figure), but apparently have no problem with 1200 or so women dying needlessly or earlier than they would with treatment. Another complaint they have with the current system is that insurance companies reject treatments, but apparently if the government does the same thing, that is just fine. (Medicare is the highest rate of rejection of claims over all the other private insurers by far, BTW.)I guess as long as they get their healthcare paid for by someone else, they don't care if there are more people who die or who can't get the treatments they want or need - as long as it isn't them.I just don't understand why people trust a government to make decisions about their lives more than they trust themselves.
solunasNov 18, 2009
The irony is that we don’t need to spend a lot of money on mammograms or chemotherapy. If this runs in your family you may ant to check these links out. Groundbreaking work in Canada and UCSD is demonstrating approx. 75% reduction in several cancers (including breast) with proper vitamin D levels. The cost is about $0.05-0.02 a day. Healthcare doesn't always have to cost a lot to be effective. And these are cancers that never formed. POSSIBLE 75% CANCER MORTALITY REDUCTION WITH VITAMIN D<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FMlQeH8RFA&amp;fea" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FMlQeH8RFA&amp;fea</a> ..."In a new study, researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center used a complex computer prediction model to determine that intake of vitamin D3 and calcium would prevent 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer annually in the US and Canada."Vitamin D linksThis is THE site for VitaminD information. <a class="user" href="http://www.grassrootshealth.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.grassrootshealth.net</a>Remember a completely for-profit healthcare system (what we have right now) incents the healthcare industry to use sickness and treatment as profit centers. More public health focus may re-emphasize more safe, cost and life saving measures. This definitely is in that category.
scamper22Nov 18, 2009
prevention does nothing to save money in healthcare. All it does is delay costs.Eventually you will die of something. And it is fighting that something that costs the most money.We could find a 1 cent cure for cancer today, it wouldn't save a dime. The people who would die of cancer now live longer and will face some other ailment. And they will want to spend 300k fighting that ailment.
kbarnesncNov 18, 2009
Thanks. Yes, I am very familiar with Dr. Garland's work and with the body of research that shows profound benefits of taking Vitamin D, not only for cancer prevention, but also for prevention of heart disease, brain acuity, healthy bones and overall longevity. I'm actually writing a book on Vitamin D as we speak.