Obamacare reveals rationing even before it's approved.

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Critics See Health Care Rationing Behind New Mammography Recommendations by FOXNews.com
Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are blasting new guidelines from a government task force that recommends against routine mammograms for women under 50, questioning whether they are tantamount to health care "rationing" in the fight against the No. 2 cancer killer in U.S. women.
"I absolutely believe this could be a form of rationing," said Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga, a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist for 26 years. "It scares me."...
****The "argument" in favor of restricting mammograms because MRI and ultrasound are more effective is totally specious since it is hardly cost-effective to use these as a screening tool in place of mammograms.Next will be a recommendation that PAP-smear screening is not cost-effective. Actually, many screening procedures ( so-called Preventative medicine ) are not cost-effective but these two pertaining to women's health ARE.****
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Screening Policy Won’t Change, U.S. Officials Say By KEVIN SACK and GINA KOLATA
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new standards on breast cancer screening that were recommended this week by a federally appointed task force, saying government insurance programs would continue to cover routine mammograms for women starting at age 40....As the task force recommendations stirred concern among women, and came under fire from lawmakers of both parties, the White House emphasized that they were not binding on either physicians or insurers. Administration officials also fired back against Republicans who argued that the recommendations illustrated the dangers of an expanded government role in medical decision making....the recommendations, in the midst of negotiations over a health care overhaul, had handed Republicans a vivid new way to raise the specter of rationing....Even as the White House tried to reassure women that the recommendations would have no immediate force, a group of doctors that analyzes new research for the National Cancer Institute said it would include the new guidelines in the information it provides to doctors and the public.****Back-pedaling like mad, the Administration is now trying to tell the people that the medical panels for cost-effectiveness, a new layer of bureaucratic intrusion into healthcare, would be subject to another layer of supervision, lest they recommend things that might hurt the Democrats politically.****