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California give us a preview of "death panels".

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Here's a perfect example of what we can look forward to in the future, if we adopt a government run health care program.


State ends subsidy for mammograms to low-income women under 50
Local clinic says move risks lives, creates two systems for rich and poor


The eligibility age for state-subsidized breast cancer screening has been raised from 40 to 50 by the California Health and Human Services Agency, which will also temporarily stop enrollment in the breast cancer screening program.

Advocates for low-income women, whose health care the department helps pay for, say the cuts put a two-tier system in place that is based on money rather than medical standards.

The cuts will greatly harm the clinic’s mammogram program, said Natasha Riley, manager of Vista Community Clinic’s Breast Health Outreach and Education Program.

The clinic and others like it in San Diego County provide reduced-cost care, mostly to low-income people, with money from the state and some private donations.

“More than 50 percent of the women we give breast exams and mammograms to are in their 40s,” Riley said. “The majority of our current breast cancer survivors are women in their 40s.”

The state’s decision, announced Dec. 1 and effective Jan. 1, follows a controversial federal recommendation last month that mammograms before the age of 50 are generally not needed.

REGION: State ends subsidy for mammograms to low-income women under 50
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Advocates for low-income women, whose health care the department helps pay for, say the cuts put a two-tier system in place that is based on money rather than medical standards.
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While it is probably true it's partially due to money given the black maw of swirling death that sits at the heart of the California budget, the federal recommendations are based on science.

And you seem to be ignoring how private insurance does the same thing. Only that it's privately done behind closed doors with lots of actuarial work.

Which would you prefer, decisions that limit access done in public or decisions that limit access done in secret?
 
obvious Child said:
Which would you prefer, decisions that limit access done in public or decisions that limit access done in secret?
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Which would you prefer, a government that runs its programs into the ground on the backs of the American people or private companies that are suspose to be responsible for they're own failure if they fail?
 
I have no problem with government ending subsidization on unnecessary programs.

If you're against this health care reform proposal, but you suppore Medicare, then you're a terrible hypocrite. I would be fine if people were saying something along the lines of they've been paying into it for years, and I can sympathize with that. It seems though like most people support the program itself, but not this new idea, which makes no sense.
 
orangelobster said:
Which would you prefer, a government that runs its programs into the ground on the backs of the American people or private companies that are suspose to be responsible for they're own failure if they fail?
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How about you read my post and actually respond to what I wrote instead of discussing entirely irrelevant issues?

or are you illiterate?
 
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