[Pining_4_TX]

No, there are too many tests being done with the risks outweighing the benefits. I know these developments coincide with the institution of the horrible Obamacare, but this is something wise doctors have been discussing for years. Doctors have forgotten the part about first do no harm.

[originalbuckeye]

Sorry, but we were sold a Bill of Goods. We were supposed to get MORE Preventative Medicine screenings with Obamacare, not FEWER. I can tell you that, when it comes to Pap Smears, the ‘no smears after age 65 unless you have symptoms’ is designed to make sure that women over 65 will surely die of their cancers instead of our Government having to pay to treat them. Cells frequently shed well before there are symptoms of genital cancers. But if you wait until you have symptoms, then the cancer is going to be further advanced when it is caught and, subsequently, much more difficult to treat. Please wake up and realize that your Government doesn’t really care about your health, they just want to control all those health care dollars.

[DesertRhino]

“No, there are too many tests being done with the risks outweighing the benefits.”

Mamograms are basically risk free. This is more of the collective being more important than the individual. Because the hard cold fact is that many women will die from this because their cancer will not be found in time. The risk is that a few will get false alarms that take a few days to clear up. A VERY small price to pay against your very life.

[fatnotlazy]

Before Obamacare, my sister-in-law had excellent health insurance through work that, among other things, covered her twice yearly mammograms, which her doctor recommended because of a significant family history of breast cancer. Her current crappy policy will only pay for one a year. Now with these new guidelines, she probably won't even get that.

But if she wanted a sex change operation, her policy covers it. I'm not kidding.

Obamacare has made a mess of health insurance and health care that will only get worse. And more people will die as a result.

[Grams A]

Doctors I know haven’t forgotten about “first do no harm” but they are getting so tired of seeing their insurance premiums climb.

One of my friends who is a doctor is paying many, many thousands of dollars every year, his went up to $16,000 this last year in spite of never being sued. He did quit prescribing any meds earlier this year, orders lots of lab tests and is quitting private practice at the end of December.