Government run health care

[RICHARD]

Geez guys, everyone knows its wrong for the government to become involved in peoples health care decisions. Unless it involves an act of Congress pandering to the religious right by preventing the feeding tube from being removed from a patient in a persistant vegetative state.

Amen.

[RICHARD]

YAY!!!!!!!

I just heard that you do not need a mammogram if you are under 40!

Does this mean that they have cured cancer in young women?


I don't believe in stats that companies/news orgs put out so.......
Take half the population of the U.S.(women)-Say half of the that is under 40?

Now, that's about 80 million? How many are going to take the advice of the government and pass up the chance to keep them alive if they do have a yearly mammogram?


So what's next on the menu?

NO paps?, no prostate checks? No preventative checkups?

Remember this topic in a few years.

[Edwina's Secretary]

YAY!!!!!!!

I just heard that you do not need a mammogram if you are under 40!

You are incorrect. That is not the announcement that came out this week.

[RICHARD]

TFYS.


WASHINGTON - Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation two days earlier.

Sebelius issued her statement following a government panel's recommendation on Monday, that said most women don't need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34019898/ns/health-cancer/

[Edwina's Secretary]

TFYS - I have no idea what that means but I am sure it is unpleasant.

There was nothing about women under 40 not needing mammograms.

Currently mammograms are not recommended for women under 40 unless there is an exceptional medical reason.

The issue is women between 40 and 50 as you subsequently correctly quoted.

Twisiting the truth to make something hysterical is not constructive. Your original statement was incorrect.

[Karen]

Probably some newscaster shortening the story to a 'sound bite' - they seem to like to do that, like we have a shorter attention span than a gnat.

Richard, you're not female, so I wouldn't expect you to know this. But women under age 40 are only suggested to get mammograms if they have certain high risk factors. Of course any woman of any age can get one, if their doctor recommends it. But until now, one thing about turning 40 was that it now meant you were supposed to schedule an annual mammogram, even if you have no history of cancer in the family or other risk factors. Turning 40 was seen as reason enough. Breast cancer can hit any person, male or female, and there are even cases in young girls now. Men do get breast cancer, and it is a double burden for them, because everyone thinks it's a "woman" thing, so they are sometimes afraid to even tell people.

The study in the news suggested that women 40 and over do not need an ANNUAL mammogram, as was previously suggested. However, I will still ask my doctor, I normally schedule mine after I have had my annual physical, which is next week. I wouldn't mind skipping a year, IF she says so. The US Health and Human Services department, though is speaking out against that panel, and still recommending annual exams. Like I said, I'm gonna ask my doc next week. Mammograms are NOT fun, but if she says I should, I will.

[RICHARD]

Probably some newscaster shortening the story to a 'sound bite' - they seem to like to do that, like we have a shorter attention span than a gnat.

Richard, you're not female, so I wouldn't expect you to know this.

I do have an honorary degree in Womanology from La Escuela de Golpes Duros and have dressed as a woman on Special Occasions.

I can cook, clean, scrub and sort darks and whites before washing.

I just can not iron.

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I could never begin to understand everything that women go thru.



I hate to shop?

[Edwina's Secretary]

... But women under age 40 are only suggested to get mammograms if they have certain high risk factors. Of course any woman of any age can get one, if their doctor recommends it. But until now, one thing about turning 40 was that it now meant you were supposed to schedule an annual mammogram, even if you have no history of cancer in the family or other risk factors. Turning 40 was seen as reason enough.

The study in the news suggested that women 40 and over do not need an ANNUAL mammogram, as was previously suggested.

You are quite right about the study Karen, but I have to disagree with one thing you said.

Probably some newscaster shortening the story to a 'sound bite' - they seem to like to do that, like we have a shorter attention span than a gnat.

I heard/saw this story reported on numerous reports - radio, tv and internet and not once did I hear anyone say/write or suggest that...

"women under 40 do not need mammograms".

Did you?

Of course, I've never heard anyone suggest that women under 40 do need mammograms.

So what does TFYS mean?

[blue]

TFYS.

Thats called bringing the FUNNAY!!!

[Puckstop31]

10 hours of debate? ONLY? On the 'most important legislation in a hundred years.' Vote at 8pm, on Saturday night?

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...19-717535.html


Bribes to get votes? (Shocking, I know)

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/200...care-vote.html


Unreal...

Then there is the 2.5 trillion dollar question... How is it Constitutional for the Federal Government to force me to buy something or put me in jail if I don't?

This is not about health care... This is about the "redistributive change" the President has talked about in his past.

Oh, don't forget the taxes... This will be GREAT for business.

http://www.atr.org/userfiles/111809p...eid%282%29.pdf

[Grace]

One has to subscribe to the WSJ to read the entire article - to continue reading, subscribe now.

I wonder if Harry Reid is hurrying so much because he's afraid of leaving no legacy, good or bad, when he gets defeated next fall