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To: LindyBill who wrote (319898)	8/16/2009 6:47:29 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 793897

many are afraid of invasive testing.. at least if virtual shows polyups etc they most likely may approve of further testing. the cost avoidance down the road would more than pay off for the virtual exam. i know so many people who refuse to have a colon exam. They just refuse to go through it. imo it is ignorance based on my family history. they have no idea of the pain and suffering should they could get cancer and how easily it could have been avoided if tested early on. i guess if we go to one public plan if may be mandated to have virtual exam only because it is cheapest. g then based on results you may get further treatment assume you are not over certain age. otherwise they will feel it is not cost effective to even do another procedure.

To: LindyBill who wrote (319898)	8/16/2009 6:48:14 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 793897

many are afraid of invasive testing.. at least if virtual shows polyps etc they most likely may approve of further testing. the cost avoidance down the road would more than pay off for the virtual exam. i know so many people who refuse to have a colon exam. They just refuse to go through it. imo it is ignorance based on my family history. they have no idea of the pain and suffering should they could get cancer and how easily it could have been avoided if tested early on. i guess if we go to one public plan if may be mandated to have virtual exam only because it is cheapest. g then based on results you may get further treatment assume you are not over certain age. otherwise they will feel it is not cost effective to even do another procedure.

To: LindyBill who wrote (319898)	8/16/2009 7:01:29 AM
From: unclewest	7 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793897

I attended a luncheon in Winston/Salem with about 20 other Purple Heart recipients yesterday. The guest speaker was US Senator Burr. Burr is the ranking member of the Senate armed services committee and is also a member of the intelligence committee. He made several memorable points. America is broke. If the government was an individual or corporation it would have already filed bankruptcy. $0.50 of every federal dollar being spent today is borrowed. The current 2010 budget being worked on allots $600 Billion for defense The next highest expense is $500 Billion for interest on the national debt. In 2011 interest will pass defense and become the highest expense. That is not sustainable. 17% goes to health care. That is not sustainable. Yet Obama wants to add $500 Billion to that. He thinks that is nuts. He is outraged by the politicians who free spend borrowed money without any regard for repayment or consequences. Many of them never give a thought to cutting expenses. He said he hears a lot about our concerns for our children and grandchildren. He said they may inherit a problem but understand this. The problem is already here. It affects us detrimentally now and will affect us even more as time goes on. He explained this is a now problem. It is our problem. He said, Medicare runs out of money in 2017. He wants the new plan to include every American in some fashion. He said there is a lot of talk about rationing health care. He is concerned about how that will work. He said the day he is called on to vote whether children or the elderly have a higher medical care priority is the day he will quit. He will not make that decision. He explained that what we are doing in Afghanistan for Afghanistan is not the most important. He said what we are doing there to stabilize Pakistan is the real issue. He expects the soldiers leaving Iraq to go to Afghanistan as a build-up continues there. He thinks Petraeus will request 40,000 more troops but does not know if the administration will approve it. Nor does he know if our allies there will increase their commitment. The biggest threat is Russia with money. East European countries are defaulting on huge loans from West European banks. He expects all of those loans to default placing West European banks and countries in serious jeopardy. We will not be able to help them. Meanwhile Russia is awash in and continuing to pile up cash from natural gas. The question and answer session lasted over an hour. I asked this - Since we in the audience are all combat trained and experienced and since the Purple Hearts indicate our willingness to give blood at the office, are we higher on Department of Homeland Security's list of potential terrorists? He provided an elaborate response. In summation, he said he watches very closely to insure that American's rights are not trampled. He explained our ability to collect data has increased exponentially over the last 10 years. Since 9/11, some collections have been in the yellow zone, some were bright yellow. He does not like that, but makes sure we do not get into the red zone. He hopes we can return to green in the future. He explained the massive collection efforts have provided intel used to stop other attacks. He told us that every citizen should pay close attention to what is happening in our federal government for the next 90-120 days. There are going to be big changes. uw