Insurers Say They Won't Alter Mammogram Coverage ........

cp418

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171645.php

Insurers Say They Won't Alter Mammogram Coverage Despite New Guidelines

Colette37

I will believe that when I see it.  Insurances say one thing and then will do the direct opposite when they think no one is looking.

As long as the USPSTF power is in the "Health Care" Bill we will be in danger of the insurances doing exactly what they feel needs to be done to "bring down health care costs"  It has everything to do with economics and nothing with saving people or making sure that eveyone have health care coverage. 

Sukiann

I think you hit the nail on the head Colette!  We should be very scared for not only us but for our children.

Colette37

Sukiann...I am so angry...but it isn't for myself...it is for my daughter, neices, Sisters, sister in laws, Everyone who will be at risk because of these changes...and it has nothing to do with republican/democrat because I can't see the difference between the two any longer.  This has to o with what it right and what the Constitution says..which means less government not more like has happened in the past 25+ years.

So many lives will be lost because of this insanity, lives that are too young to have been lost.  Hopefully we can stop this bill in the Senate.

LittleC

I don't believe that.

See what's in the health care bill on page 17 (of 2074 pages) where they state what insurance companies can't charge you for (but in doing this they have eliminated screening under 50)

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/110/topic/744245?page=1#idx_27 

See on the  USPSTF  where they TELL YOU INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PART OF MAKING THIS DECISION

SEE #9 ON THIS LINK OF "COMMON QUESTIONS"  http://info.ahrq.gov/cgi-bin/ahrq.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php

IT STATES: Primary care clinicians are the principal audience for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations. Task Force recommendations also have informed recommendations developed by by professional societies and the coverage policies of many health plans and insurers. The USPSTF has figured prominently in the development of health care quality measures and national health objectives.