Comments on: Sometimes, healthcare “rationing” makes sense

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:19:38 +0000

Gee Cynthia, you must be confused. The “insane” liberal inside you says that rationing healthcare is good yet the “irresponsible, sue someone” liberal in you will ALWAYS want to sue the doctors for not testing and doing enough. You can’t have it both ways, so what’s in gonna be? Limit healthcare or limit the trial lawyers? No wait, this is Cynthia Tucker right? You will limit healthcare and then sue. In your liberal world, this is only right!!

By: Patricia Shannon

Patricia Shannon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:03:17 +0000

Another consideration is that the radiation from mammograms causes a certain number of cancers, leading to death. That has to be balanced against the deaths it prevents. I would like to see the statistics on that for various ages.

Another comment suggested self-screening, but that has not found to work well in practice.

Such studies are quite useful. If a procedure kills more people than it saves, at a certain age, why would people defend it?

By: RB

RB — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:45:46 +0000

Finally, a study not funded by friends of the American College of Radiology and the groups that make their money off of mammography machines and procedures. False positives, increased radiation, and the possibility of the acceleration of cancer cell creation from the procedure itself are the issues that need further discussion. Self-screening is more useful than mammograms. Millions of lives (and dollars) would be saved if we educated women how to self-screen and get to know their bodies rather than always subjecting them to unnecessary testing.

By: Carol Knight

Carol Knight — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:19:14 +0000

Has anyone looked at that panel of ’specialists’ on this US task force ? 7 women and 8 men….1 of the woman specialty is ‘new approaches to Early Detection in Breast Cancer’ and another ‘cost-effectiveness analysis to assist clinical and public health policy formulation’……so, the one for early detection ? she must have decided that there is no such thing as ‘early detection’, and the other ? looks like she’s in charge of getting rid of UNECESSARY spending ? such as breast cancer screening equipment/procedures?
DEATH PANEL !! Everyone needs to write to their senators and stop this nonsence!!!

By: Spartann

Spartann — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:01:12 +0000

Hey “Dumb southerners”….

If you’re soooooo embarassed to be white than get you’re turn-coat arse over to a tanning salon ….They’ll have you lookin “yellow” from head to toe in no time.

By: Jimmy62

Jimmy62 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:36:40 +0000

Cindy, don’;t you understand that the government is likely to force us to do things that seem good now, but later on turn out to be bad? I don’t doubt their good intentions (mostly, I think some understand the score, and want healthcare reform for more power, which it will definitely get them), I doubt their ability to make medical decisions for the rest of us. Heck, it wasn’t too long ago that trained doctors were telling us that smoking was good. And you want us to give congressmen the power to set what services we can and cannot get?

By: eddy

eddy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:34:30 +0000

For all who strongly object to mammo’s and other tests, don’t get them……fairly simple. Your health; your choice!! However, if cancer or some other very serious disease causes symptoms and you visit the ER or your doctor’s office only to discover that you are Stage IV, etc, please do not whine or complain about your plight in life. Just accept your fate and go quietly into the dark! Boy, you showed them that these tests were not necessary.

Most of you just have opinions, know someone who has or had cancer….so your experience is from afar. Wait until your are the patient….wonder if your opinion might change? I am a cancer patient since 2001 and scans and tests have enabled me to live this far. I am thankful that my doctor orders scans regularly. So Cynthia, if and when (and I hope not for your sake) some symptoms occur and cancer is detected and it has spread and you are Stage IV….wonder if these useless tests could have made a difference?

By: Caveman

Caveman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:47:41 +0000

How many doctors order tests because they either have their own lab/profit center or get a kickback from the lab? Every one of them that went in to medicine to get rich.

By: Madison

Madison — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:44:05 +0000

Adolf Hitler, I bet you are like him in a lot of ways!

By: TnGelding

TnGelding — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:12:33 +0000

Sunshine and Thunder

November 17th, 2009
10:40 pm

Nothing in life is free. I’m sure you’re more aware of that than most.