What does Carly Fiorina, say about the new guidelines on breast cancer screen?
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard who is seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, has suggested that new federal mammogram guidelines could offer a preview of how officials might implement current health care reform proposals, the Sacramento Bee reports. Earlier this month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended mammogram screenings every two years for most women starting at age 50, rather than annual exams starting at age 40 (Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, 11/26). After the guidelines were released, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that federal health insurance programs will not alter their mammogram coverage policies to line up with the recommendations. Medicare — which primarily covers U.S. residents ages 65 and older but also insures some younger people with disabilities — pays for annual mammograms beginning at age 40 (California Healthline, 11/19). This summer, Fiorina underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer. She has drawn on this exper
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard who is seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, has suggested that new federal mammogram guidelines could offer a preview of how officials might implement current health care reform proposals, the Sacramento Bee reports. Earlier this month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended mammogram screenings every two years for most women starting at age 50, rather than annual exams starting at age 40 (Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, 11/26). After the guidelines were released, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that federal health insurance programs will not alter their mammogram coverage policies to line up with the recommendations. Medicare — which primarily covers U.S. residents ages 65 and older but also insures some younger people with disabilities — pays for annual mammograms beginning at age 40 (California Healthline, 11/19). This summer, Fiorina underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer. She has drawn on this exper
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard who is seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, has suggested that new federal mammogram guidelines could offer a preview of how officials might implement current health care reform proposals, the Sacramento Bee reports. Earlier this month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended mammogram screenings every two years for most women starting at age 50, rather than annual exams starting at age 40. Sources: http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2009/11/30/fiorina-draws-on-breast-cancer-experience-while-blasting-new-guidelines.
