Comments on: Health Care Rationing or Just Common Sense? http://demockracy.com/health-care-rationing-or-just-common-sense/ Wed, 02 May 2012 03:56:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Warren McInteer http://demockracy.com/health-care-rationing-or-just-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Warren McInteer Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:06:39 +0000 http://demockracy.com/?p=6115#comment-1489 Yes, this logic applies equally to current mammogram protocols and you are correct - 40 year old women in the UK do not get mammograms from the government. because the cost does not justiy the cost. If people want to pay for their own mammograms, that is there business - but want my tax dollars spent on saving lives - not on ineffective treatments. Yes, this logic applies equally to current mammogram protocols and you are correct – 40 year old women in the UK do not get mammograms from the government. because the cost does not justiy the cost. If people want to pay for their own mammograms, that is there business – but want my tax dollars spent on saving lives – not on ineffective treatments.

]]> By: Warren http://demockracy.com/health-care-rationing-or-just-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-1460 Warren Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:49:13 +0000 http://demockracy.com/?p=6115#comment-1460 An interesting follow up to this article: this article deals with mammograms not providing benefit...another example of RATIONING which makes sense (see link below) - this has been the advice in the UK for years; doctors in the UK think all those mammograms (and other tests) in the US do not satisfy costs benefit criteria http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/mammogram-advice/4C6D808227A5E3DF01DC4C6D808227A5E3DF01DC An interesting follow up to this article:

this article deals with mammograms not providing benefit…another example of RATIONING which makes sense (see link below)

- this has been the advice in the UK for years; doctors in the UK think all those mammograms (and other tests) in the US do not satisfy costs benefit criteria

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/mammogram-advice/4C6D808227A5E3DF01DC4C6D808227A5E3DF01DC

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