Its here… Death Panel Update: California Ends Mammogram Subsidies for Poor Women Under 50. Apparently, California will no longer subsidize mammograms for poor women under 50. Link: http://3.ly/UWs (HT: Gateway Pundit)

Thanks to a new recommendation made by the government appointed United States Preventive Services Task Force women will die.  This is only a preview of what is to come.

Briefly, there are several groups that make recommendations within the world of preventive medicine.  Each group has a bias (positive or negative) that influences their guidelines. Furthermore, each guideline is typically stratified based on the degree of strength of the recommendation which is ideally based on scientific evidence.  Typically, we see groups such as the American Cancer Society making more conservative recommendations.  The United States Preventive Services Task Force typically makes recommendations that are less conservative and aggressive.  This group is appointed and funded by the government to make recommendations.

What is coming?

One can see how a government appointed panel could be influenced by economic factors when making recommendations. When ObamaCare passes, we will see the government lean more heavily on their appointed task force to determine care. The recommendations and guidelines we see now by the USPSTF WILL become mandates and protocols. Furthermore, we will see many new government task forces created to influence every single area of medicine. In other words, “death panels”.

Listen to breast cancer survivor Carly Fiorina tell her story: (HT: Scott Graves and HotAir)

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In the weekly Republican address, Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP, describes how she was diagnosed with and beat breast cancer.

She explains why the recent recommendation on mammograms from a government-run panel was so troubling, especially because costs were a significant factor in the decision.

She points out, “The health care bill now being debated in the Senate explicitly empowers this very task force to influence future coverage and preventive care.”

She wonders, under the Democrat health bill, “Will a bureaucrat determine that my life isn’t worth saving?”

“Do we really want government bureaucrats, rather than doctors, dictating how we prevent and treat something like breast cancer?” she asks.