Your point is so very, very important. Women who feel strongly about this issue have to be heard. It's important to talk among ourselves, with our moms, our sisters, our daughters, our friends. But it's also important to talk to our doctors, and, when the issue gets really political, to make sure our senators and representatives know where we stand.
When these recommendations on mammograms came out, despite the fact that they were so roundly criticized by patients, doctors and cancer experts, I could almost hear the calculators totaling up the "savings" to insurance companies if these recommendations were adopted as the norm. I only hope that the medical minds -- not the business or political minds -- are the ones who prevail here.
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Pat,
Your point is so very, very important. Women who feel strongly about this issue have to be heard. It's important to talk among ourselves, with our moms, our sisters, our daughters, our friends. But it's also important to talk to our doctors, and, when the issue gets really political, to make sure our senators and representatives know where we stand.
When these recommendations on mammograms came out, despite the fact that they were so roundly criticized by patients, doctors and cancer experts, I could almost hear the calculators totaling up the "savings" to insurance companies if these recommendations were adopted as the norm. I only hope that the medical minds -- not the business or political minds -- are the ones who prevail here.
Thanks so much for writing.
November 23, 2009 - 8:25amThis Comment
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