I got a sense of where this was headed in talking to my urologist, who told me the recommendation to insurers that PSA's were being overused was made by a board that had not a single urologist as a member.
So Sarah Palin was probably wrong after all. There aren't going to be any "death panels" because it isn't ever going to get to the point where a panel would even need to make a decision. That's going to be done by eliminating sensible diagnosis and remediation altogether.
Hey, the Pope's go-to guy on climate change says there are about six billion people too many. I'm sure our betters -- the politicians and the 0.01%'ers -- will do just fine.
Actually it is more insidious than that, they don't want to pay for treatments. Less screening ...less women need to be treated. Quite the war on women.