[Innovative]

Did you notice that ever since Obamacare has become the law of the land, there are more and more studies that "prove" that people, especially older ones shouldn't be tested -- let them go and die quietly, instead of utilize expensive medical care.

It's just an initial stage of "death panels".

[Innovative]

Cancer Warriors Ping

[Steely Tom]

Sure. Cancer therapy isn’t worth much in “seniors,” either.

They should just take the blue pill. Dr. Obola said so.

[Jim Robinson]

Death panels at work.

[PghBaldy]

You are right. It is so obvious to me.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

But there are no DEATH PANELS in Obamacare, you racist hillbillies!

[steve86]

I agree with this. Doctors wanted to schedule my 97 YO mother for a colonoscopy — no symptoms, no problems in that area. Chance of perforation would be high. I said HELL NO.

[PGalt]

Go die, unless you have significant assets the I.R.S. and TOTALITARIANCARE can drain while you are still alive. Then, you can die.

[sten]

yup. anything they can do to lower fedgov costs

[mountainlion]

Let one of these liberal writers come down with cancer and watch what they demand.

[4Liberty]

Who gives an Ess what studies show. It’s my money, I’ll spend it on tests & screening, if I want to. These interventionists need to F Off.

[headstamp 2]

Exactly what age is “older” to these medical bureaucrats?

55?

[ModelBreaker]

That’s funny. I hear that’s true in England for men of all ages.

[DBrow]

Yes! We don’t need PSA tests, mammograms, MRI’s, CAT scans, ovarian cancer checks, dermatology checkups looking for melanoma.

I mean, detecting a cancer when the patient is 63 may only lead to expensive treatment, extending that person’s life for another 30 unproductive years. Detecting a cancer when the disease is advanced means that the now 66 year old can get cheap palliative care in a hospice.

At least we don’t hear about “useless eaters”, yet.

[kaehurowing]

In a couple of years Obamacare won’t pay for treatment anyway, because the death panels will prohibit it.

[dadfly]

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[Intolerant in NJ]

"Patients with a shorter life expectancy have less time to develop clinically significant cancers after a screening test and are more likely to die from noncancer health problems after a cancer diagnosis."...well, that's the reassuring message my GP gave me as he informed me that at 76 this would probably be the last year I was scheduled for a PSA test - actually he went on to say the virtually all men have some form of slow-growing prostate cancer from about their early sixties on, and that if science could magically eliminate all other forms of fatalities, all men would probably die from prostate cancer by about the time they reached 120 - I sure went home feeling good that day......

[Tired of Taxes]

Here we go again...

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[the OlLine Rebel]

Actually I think alot of this screening is a good way to guarantee income. Just as I think physicals (”wellness checks” in post-modern PC parlance) are a way to guarantee it. Meaning more expense every year and a way for insurance to get something, too.

I do not see why there is paranoia over this type of conclusion, when the same people usually eschew, rightfully, all the safety-NAZI precepts such as forcing everyone to wear belts and helmets.

[The Great RJ]

Look at 5 year survival rates for breast cancer in the UK where "studies" like in the US said there was no statistical difference in starting mammograms at age 50 rather than 40 as in the US and doing them every two years compared to annually in the US. In the UK 5 years survival rate for breast cancer is 79% compared to 95% in the US. Determining what tests you should be taking and when should be up to you and your doctor, based on your medical and family history not on the recommendation of some government bean counters who never laid eyes on a patient.

My mother died of colon cancer, my sister died of ovarian cancer and my maternal grandmother had breast cancer. Given this added risk, my doctor and I have decided on colonoscopies every 5 years. I want an annual PSA test and if it is elevated consult with a urologist and my doctor to determine the risks and whether or not I should have further tests and what if any treatment I should choose. The idea of using stacks of statistics to determine your medical care is BS.

[bgill]

Next, the government will be asigning each of us our own personal iceberg the day we turn 60.