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    Posted November 18, 2009 by
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    SAVE THE TATAs or Save the Money and Use it Elsewhere.

    By odd1  |  Posted November 18, 2009  |  weston, Florida
     

    Does Preventive Care Save Money or Lives?How timely was the release of the new guidelines from the Government Task Force run by the HHS agency. Maybe now the view of the American Medical System “Efficiencies or Inefficiencies” and the panacea that many have been lulled into about the national health care system may get a second look. Seventeen days after the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month, new guidelines are released stating that the 15% percent of the women between 40 and 49 who’s breast cancer could be identified are NOT WORTH THE MONEY. It may sound cold but it is a calculated cost/ benefit ratio for the general public.  It’s for the greater good!

    Is our system inefficient or do we just try to help everyone.

    This is an example of rationing no matter what kind of spin you put on it.

    For more information, see this article for the New England Journal of Medicine.

    http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/7/661

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