NIH Director: New Mammogram Guidelines Will Cost Lives

Dueling talking points between a former NIH Director and a Democrat. The problem with Wasserman-Schultz's defense was pointed out by Senator Coburn on the Senate floor last night. The health care bill leaves hundreds of questions and issues open to such broad interpretation, government bureaucrats will be making the real decisions that matter behind closed doors.

The proposed health care bill will remove transparency as well as the democratic process when it comes to government making decisions on what health care Americans can access, when they can access it, and how much it's worth. If that isn't government control, then nothing is.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.

Dr. Bernadine Healy says the directive would save money but not lives.

The recommendation, released last week by an independent panel, recommends that women not routinely undergo mammograms until age 50. Longtime guidelines have said women should have regular mammogram screening after age 40.

Healy says that if the new guidelines are followed, more women will die of breast cancer.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer screenings are overblown.

The lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, says fears that mammograms wouldn't be covered are misplaced and that Republicans "have a different interpretation" of what the proposed law actually prescribes.

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This announcement is from the government on women's healthcare but a foretaste of the proposed gov. healthcare. And What about the atheists? Do they click their heels together three times? We are all screwed.

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I was cruising the satellite radio channels this afternoon and came across left-wing hack, Randi Rhodes. She was blaming this panel's mammogram guidelines on George Bush.