Lisa Benson for November 20, 2009

But Senators and Representatives will still have access to whatever they want; whenever they want.

Free postage, too!

I guess Ms Benson , being female, has caught the gravity of the situation.

Snip and babble all you want puppy ! I do pray you don’t have a family member that you have to watch die because the ten year treshold was just a little too long .

Lisa Benson speaks out in favor of government waste.

Lisa benson has smarts… the only smart one … do any of you against mammograms want to hear you have cancer because you were denied a test for 10 years? I had cancer, so far free for 6 years…. would not wish this disease on anyone and this is a disease that mammograms can detect!! Ask anyone in the 40-50 group who was diagnosed and now living– anectdotal evidence means a LIFE

Your money, or your life!! Not a good choice.

Death pannel maybe not but what is withholding or putting limits on care called?

Glad to hear it Maureen. My sister is a breast cancer survivor too. Just a comment about our (individuals) health in general. We must all be advocates for ourselves. No matter what the program is or is not; seek other doctors input if the first gives you a diagnosis that doesn’t seem right (or that symptons persist) An oft repeated summation by a doctor who cannot diagnose a certain affliction is that the person is a hypochondriac, has other issues. My girlfriend had gone through this, until she found a doctor (At Johns Hopkins in Baltimore) who was familiar with her affliction. He was able to treat her effectively. Is there a medical Caveat Emptor term available?

fennec, I appreciate the link you provided. For me, I still see this as an open question. If different study groups can examine the same data and reach differing results, it doesn’t seem settled.

I’m one of those who grew up with the constant warning from medical community that early detection saves lives. The op/ed piece you linked to suggests otherwise. It doesn’t seem settled from what I read.

All the media accounts I read/hard of the recent findings talked about the downsides of mammograms between the ages of 40 to 50 being increased anxiety from false positives. That seems like a disingenuous argument to me. Is it really about money, i.e., the cost of mammograms?

Do benign breast tumors sometimes grow into malignant tumors ? do you know?

Health care rationing starting already, and no bill has even been passed yet. And Mr Obama even has a pink ribbon on the White House. Sorry ladies, you deserve better.

say goodbye to preventive care

fennec, thanks fot the tip. My mother and aunt developed breast cancer. There ws “no” history of such in the family. My mother’s was detected during a follow up on other minor surgery. My aunt requested a check because of my mother, she’s still doing well. Mom’s showed up again almost ten years to the day. It ws a hard three year fight, which she lost.

thanks for the info, fennec

the Congress Senate White House and Court… MUST! MUST!MUST!…be on medicare

bruce, “shooter” ??

I believe there was a MattDamon movie named “Shooter.” (I’m waiting for it to go on the 5$ Box.)