On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You know, I disagree with the mammogram decision, but the people who made > it are not a death panel. This was a recommendation for best practices by a > professional group, not a ruling on an individual patient, first of all.
I guess if you take Palin literally you could say lied because these people aren't evaluating people one on one. They just tried to kill off a slice of the population at once. > Second, a lot of the art of medicine comes in deciding who needs what, and > that IS a call someone has to make. Unless you think we all should always > get all available testing, no matter how risky or unpleasant or expensive. Where did that come from? We do know women get breast cancer before 40 so why tell them not to test even with a history and not to self exam. As Mo has stated the insurance industry that's paying for it are pushing it more now. > For example, they just determined that the head-to-toe CAT scans some people > have been getting may have increased their risk for cancer. Needlessly. By > quite a bit. And I am here to tell you that a CAT scan isn't especially > fun. Are you predicting mammograms will cause cancer? Or, should we just stop all screening test because one day they might be determined to cause more harm than good? > So yah. Disagreeing with the cost-benefit analysis doesn't make this the > first death panel decision. Cost-benefit analysis, so who's life is worth saving ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309684 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
