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To: Road Walker who wrote (530998)	11/20/2009 8:08:31 PM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1577945

"By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." Socrates

To: Road Walker who wrote (530998)	11/20/2009 9:51:04 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577945

Sour grapes, huh?

To: Road Walker who wrote (530998)	11/21/2009 10:56:01 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1577945

voter remorse ?

To: Road Walker who wrote (530998)	11/21/2009 2:50:50 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577945

Forget the medical treatments. Forget even the pain pills. After women get old enough the good bits start sagging what good are they anyway? Just a big drain on our resources. We'll save even more money if we just get these women who are bitching about pain to hold their boyfriend's hand or look at a picture of their kid. The ideas for savings to the health care system are endless! We know already, of course, about the great new idea of not looking so closely at those breasts. What we don't know won't cause us anxiety, and if cancer should come, the later we discover it the better, because there is nothing like death to stop us from running to the doctor for every little thing. And those silly Pap tests that had us thinking we needed a pelvic exam every year?The official word has come that you don't need that testing so early or so often: Young women are especially prone to develop abnormalities in the cervix that appear to be precancerous, but that will go away if left alone. But when Pap tests find the growths, doctors often remove them, with procedures that can injure the cervix and lead to problems later when a woman becomes pregnant, including premature birth and an increased risk of needing a Caesarean. And talk about expensive! Premature births and Caesarean sections? Wouldn't it be so much nicer for everyone if women would man up and give the old vagina a go? And if the baby dies? Think of how many trips to the pediatrician will be avoided. Why spend so much on preemies anyway? Surely, the new guidelines on extra-tiny humans will yield nice savings. There are 11,270 new cases of cervical cancer and 4,070 deaths per year in the United States. One to 2 cases occur per 1,000,000 girls ages 15 to 19 — a low incidence that convinces many doctors that it is safe to wait until 21 to screen. Oh, now, don't go all squishy on that one-in-a-million 15 year old girl. We've got to get costs under control. And if, by some quirk of fate, she happens to be your little girl, the experts are here to tell you that you will feel quite a bit better — surprisingly so — when you look at an old photograph of your lost child. Come on, be honest. Don't you want the federal government to have a complete overview of health care? The potential rationality is stunning. And one thing in this emerging rationality is clear: Although women tend to love the notion of government control more than men do, it is women who will be told they'll have to cut back. On treatments. And years. You know we've been taking more than our share. Labels: babies, breasts, cancer, emotion, gender difference, Obama's health, pregnancy posted by Ann Althouse at 10:05 AM 148 Comments: Fred4Pres said... Ann, that pesky rising life expectancy has thrown off the accuarial tables for social security and medicare. Rather than raising the eligibility ages for both, it is easier just to bring the life expectancy back down. I mean, come on, who needs a bunch of old people around (especially old baby boomers)? Win Win! 11/20/09 10:09 AM MayBee said... Although women tend to love the notion of government control more than men do, it is women who will be told they'll have to cut back. On treatments. And years. You know we've been taking more than our share. It's true! And though we haven't been taking more than our share, obviously, we are expensive. Yet women's groups, rather than admitting that, come up with a lame "Being a woman is not a preexisting condition" movement. So women want government health care because it will save money, don't want any of the tests women will get decreased, don't want to pay more than men, and will talk about how personal it all is -my right to abortion! my breasts!-- so no man dares participate in the conversation. This is going to go well. 11/20/09 10:11 AM G Joubert said... And the death panels begin their stirring in gleeful anticipation. .... http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/11/forget-medical-treatments-forget-even.html