[originalbuckeye]

That is exactly right. The Government Guidelines have already been issued to the health insurance companies. No mammograms until age 50. No Pap smears after age 65 unless you have ‘symptoms’ . The reason women over age 65 survive Gyn cancers is because cancer cells shed well before there are obvious symptoms. Once post menopausal bleeding is noticed, the cancer is usually pretty well advanced. But once you are past the age of paying into the Nationalized Healthcare system, you are expendable. Sometimes a Death Panel isn't even needed to ‘reduce’ the number of people that need healthcare. Remember what Pelosi said. ‘Americans over age 55 use entirely too much of our healthcare resources’. But you are right, those in power get healthcare no matter their advancing age.

[hal ogen]

nobamacare: Stay healthy or DIE!

[Tax-chick]

Sometimes a Death Panel isn't even needed to ‘reduce’ the number of people that need healthcare.

They can eliminate whole swathes of the 40-60 age bracket by cutting diagnostic tests (including colonoscopy) and then putting people on the waiting list for treatment when the cancers become obvious. For both these reasons, cancer survival rates in the U.S. are two or three times those of advanced countries with socialized medical systems.