Recently the Federal Advisory Board decided to change their recommendation on when women should get routine mammograms. They want women in their 40's to avoid routine mammograms. Insurance companies look to the Federal Advisory Board for guidance on preventive care services. How many insurance companies will start refusing to pay for women's mammograms if they are in this age group? The Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has told women, "Keep doing what you have bee doing for years". At least someone is telling women to continue getting mammograms every year while in their 40's. This hits me personally, my sister at age 40 found out she had breast cancer from her mammogram. The cancer was very small in size and would not have been found any other way. With my mother also having breast cancer it puts me in the most unwanted category of being "high risk". No matter what the board says, I will, along with my mother and sister (both survivors) continue to get our mammograms every year! I suggest all other women do the same!
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I totally agree with you and encourage all women to continue getting mammograms starting at age 40. My mother is also a cancer survivor but may not have been if it hadn't been for early detection by a mammogram.
ReplyDeleteThis change in recommendation by the Federal Advisory Board, after years of recommending the opposite, makes me wonder if this isn't the first sign of government-rationed health care. Should government have a place, or say, in our health care decisions? I think not.