The Real Story on the Breast Cancer Screenings

When health officials start trying to push routine mammogram screening for women to age 50 and then every other year after that, it makes you wonder if the best interest of women is at heart. To the point, it is not--- it's all about the money. Now that congress is taking on the health care industry by making health care affordable to all, the exec are already fearful that they will not see as many zeros on their annual salary they are used to and are naturally going to try and find more ways to keep money in their pockets. Making women bear the burden and the risks is morally reprehensible. Why wouldn't they push prostate screenings for men as well? I'll tell you why. Generally speaking, men don't go to their annual check ups like women do. Women stay on top of their health, their kids health and try as they may, their man's health by reminding him to go to the doctor at least every other year. But men are men, and don't see the point of going to a doctor if they feel fine. Not that there rationale is right, in fact it isn't, but health execs are not seeing a real cost savings by pushing PSA screenings for men. My response to the execs would be if I'm paying premiums for my health care, I'm going to get all I can get out of it for me and my family. Don't for one minute think they are pushing this issue because there is no substantial benefit for annual screenings at age 40 for women. It's not even about that. That is a smoke screen or the red herring they want you to trip up on. The bottom line in all of this non-sense is money, moolah, cheddar, or whatever you want to call it. I'm fighting this madness with the same logic: If you push my mammograms, I want to see a reduction in my premiums. Why would I continue to pay the same amount for reduced coverage? I wouldn't.