Posted on 05/11/2018 2:38:40 PM PDT by TBP
Beware: Many breast- and prostate-cancer patients are getting diagnosed late in the game because of ObamaCare’s skimpy cancer-screening regulations.
Remember when President Barack Obama repeatedly told Americans that greedy doctors were over-testing and over-treating them, and federal rules were needed to stop it? Now the evidence is in: Some of those rules are killing us.
Inadequate cancer screening is forcing women to undergo mastectomies and men to endure aggressive treatments with side effects. Many could have avoided these outcomes, as well as an increased risk of death, if they’d been diagnosed earlier.
Last Friday, Dr. Elisa Port, chief of breast surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, presented compelling evidence at the American Society of Breast Surgeons’ annual meeting about the harm done to women because of the Obama administration’s stingy approach to screening.
Starting in the 1980s, American women age 40 and over were advised to get annual mammograms. The result: Women diagnosed with breast cancer had smaller, more treatable tumors after annual mammograms became the standard of care. But in 2009, under Obama, the United States Preventative Services Task Force declared women were getting too many mammograms. The USPSTF changed the recommendation from yearly starting at age 40 to once every two years starting at age 50.
Worse, the Affordable Care Act gave that task force new clout, mandating that insurance companies pay for tests it recommends with no out-of-pocket costs. Not so for other tests. Millions of women were suddenly misled into thinking the USPSTF’s meager new screening schedule was enough. Now the dire consequences are emerging.
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Not that progressives actually care about the harm they're doing.
If it wasn’t for the PSA test, I’d be dead. I can’t believe some doctors advise against getting it done.
The Democrat/progressive healthcare plan:
Die quickly.
Glad you posted this. My wife had colon cancer 2y ago, and had a resection done..stage 2A. She elected not to undergo further treatments as 15 lymph nodes were tested, and no evidence of cancer. She had a colonoscopy 1y after the surgery and had 8 polyps removed, two of which were aggressive. (All benign). One year later when she tried to schedule a colonoscopy her doctor, the gastro doctor and the insurance company all said she was now on the 3 year plan! After a lot of fighting with these people we turned to the surgeon who acted on our behalf with the insurance company. She had a colonoscopy at the second anniversary and two 6mm polyps removed (benign), better than 8! She is now on an annual program due to the surgeon’s help. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. 3 years could have been a death sentence.
I get a PSA screen with every annual blood test.
I probably wouldn't be dead yet, but I'd be well on the way.
What, liberals harming women (and men)??? What a shock.
How much could it cost to get your own PSA done, pay for it yourself, and do what you want to about the results?
It’s the treatment that kills you. Why bother?
I can't wait to get cancer and die. Bring it on!
About $250 half for office visit to urologist and half for testing lab.
www.cancerisgoodforyou.com
I have it every year. My doc sent me to a urologist one year when it spiked. It was still in "normal" range, but was a red flag nonetheless. Better safe than sorry.
Neither do repubs. One excuse after another.
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>> “If it wasn’t for the PSA test, I’d be dead.” <<
How can you know that?
Are you believing the very people who are milking your “Health Insurance?”
If so I’d like to invite you to my realestate development seminar...
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>> “Better impotant than horny.” <<
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>> “Neither do repubs. One excuse after another.” <<
Yep!
Black Cats, White Cats, Black and White Cats...
They all scratch, meow, and make cat poop.
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“If it wasn’t for the PSA test, I’d be dead. I can’t believe some doctors advise against getting it done.”
I understand Medicare stops covering it at 80. I’ll pay for it myself if the sons of bitching government will let me.
Thanks.
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