Comments on: Is the National Debate on Breast Cancer Screening Overblown? http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2009/12/06/is-the-national-debate-on-breast-cancer-screening-overblown/ Your Health And Fitness Guide Wed, 04 May 2011 02:58:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Mcguire http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2009/12/06/is-the-national-debate-on-breast-cancer-screening-overblown/comment-page-1/#comment-20396 John Mcguire Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:45:45 +0000 http://www.efitnessnow.com/?p=2442#comment-20396 @Marcus Evans: Health care has ALWAYS been "rationed". The insurance company has a fixed amount of money that it can pay out for health services, based on the money it is paid by customers (money doesn't grow on trees). They should allocate that money for medical services in a way that leads to the longest life for their entire customer base (this isn't just a social argument; as a business, they need to keep people alive and paying premiums). Thus they deny coverage for a 50 million dollar operation that would keep someone alive for one more week; instead they spend that enormous sum of money on things like blood-pressure medication, that keep 1000 people alive much longer. You can put your fingers in your ears and shout about "rationing", but it's simple math; and it's been going on since long before any healthcare reform bills. I tend toward liberal politics, but I *am* concerned about publicly-subsidized healthcare. That's because we already have it. And there are legions of idiots who think that society should bankrupt itself to save their loved one. So they start screaming nonsense about "death panels" and vote like children that believe they can keep paying the same amount of money yet somehow get more medical services for it. Politicians respond and dig us deeper into the hole. That's concerning to be sure, but I'm ok with it; that said, if someone isn't ok with it, then they should be in favor of abolishing Medicare too. None of this hypocritical bullshit about how the government should be giving you money but not giving money to those other people. @Marcus Evans:
Health care has ALWAYS been “rationed”. The insurance company has a fixed amount of money that it can pay out for health services, based on the money it is paid by customers (money doesn’t grow on trees). They should allocate that money for medical services in a way that leads to the longest life for their entire customer base (this isn’t just a social argument; as a business, they need to keep people alive and paying premiums). Thus they deny coverage for a 50 million dollar operation that would keep someone alive for one more week; instead they spend that enormous sum of money on things like blood-pressure medication, that keep 1000 people alive much longer. You can put your fingers in your ears and shout about “rationing”, but it’s simple math; and it’s been going on since long before any healthcare reform bills.

I tend toward liberal politics, but I *am* concerned about publicly-subsidized healthcare. That’s because we already have it. And there are legions of idiots who think that society should bankrupt itself to save their loved one. So they start screaming nonsense about “death panels” and vote like children that believe they can keep paying the same amount of money yet somehow get more medical services for it. Politicians respond and dig us deeper into the hole. That’s concerning to be sure, but I’m ok with it; that said, if someone isn’t ok with it, then they should be in favor of abolishing Medicare too. None of this hypocritical bullshit about how the government should be giving you money but not giving money to those other people.

]]> By: Marcus Evans http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2009/12/06/is-the-national-debate-on-breast-cancer-screening-overblown/comment-page-1/#comment-20372 Marcus Evans Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:55:30 +0000 http://www.efitnessnow.com/?p=2442#comment-20372 Really? So we stop screening so that when rationing comes it will already be a matter or course. You hacks for Obama don't get screened and there will be few less of you. The revolution is coming. Really? So we stop screening so that when rationing comes it will already be a matter or course. You hacks for Obama don’t get screened and there will be few less of you. The revolution is coming.

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