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A single chest or dental x-ray delivers the equivalent of almost a whole year's background radiation:
I think I see what you're suggesting which is that the 300mrem dose is equal to the annual 300mrem does. But that doesn't match the pie chart. How can I only get 19% of annual radiation from man-made sources, but have a dental dose equal to the nearly the whole year?
And this statement also seems to contradict that idea:
On the average, doses from a diagnostic x-ray are much lower, in dose effective terms, than natural background radiation.
I'm guessing what I'm missing is in that term "dose effective."
I think I see what you're suggesting which is that the 300mrem dose is equal to the annual 300mrem does.
I meant to type "is nearly equal to the 360mrem annual dose." Hopefully I've remembered that number correctly, as I didn't look at the link again.
Age is not the only factor in preventive care. Family history and other risk factors become important. It becomes a personal matter that should not be decided by bureaucrats on the basis of age or aggregate effect. If breast cancer runs in a patient's family, then she needs to have a mammogram covered even if she is young. Whereas another woman might decide to wait until later, because for her the radiation presents the greater risk. ObamaCare does not mandate that anyone get a mammogram, but it's great that women who need one can get it covered without a fight.
They try to make it sound like routine diagnostic radiation is a "benefit," because the spending benefits the providers that sell it.
It is a benefit if you are at risk. Mammograms are a real pain in the ass as per women I've talked to. I don't really believe that eliminating the copay is going to result in women rushing out to get extra mammograms just because they can. Gee what should I do today, go shopping, get a perm, lunch with the girlfriends, get a mammogram? Tough choices.
If obamacare eliminated copays on colonoscopies (literally a pain in the ass) I still wouldn't be getting them any more the the minimum recommended.
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U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for health care
Meanwhile, Americans receive comparatively little actual care, despite sky-high prices driven by expensive tests and procedures.
They also spend more tax money on healthcare than most other countries, the study showed.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065548/U-S-ranks-28th-life-expectancy-pay-MOST-health-care.html