No, they cannot.
This is stupid. Name another procedure mandated by law, name another procedure where it is medically unnecessary and yet required by the law. I don't care if we have a state run hospital system, or we have to buy our own insurance. That's right, the only mandate is to buy your insurance. It is about payment. So actually adding a procedure to make a bill higher doesn't make sense in that regards either. Once we have our insurance, it is ours to do with it as we see fit. Again, like the auto insurance example. I can elect to just buy the state minimum, or I can get the top end. Doesn't matter, as long as I have it. I can opt to not use it in the case of a collision and pay for my own repairs out of pocket, should I elect to do so. Same with my body. If I go in for a procedure, it is between me and the doctor, and possibly the insurance company.
But no, in this case, a group of people are forcing unwanted and unneeded medical procedures down the throats of women. All women. Making the bill more expensive as it is another procedure. Just because we are required coverage, that doesn't mean that they get to decide how we use it. Period. Medical care should only be between the patient and the doctor. That's it. The reason for the health care reform is so that every American will be able to afford health care, not so the government can abuse its authority. The slippery #### here doesn't work, as the cause of the health care reform does not lead to government control of our medical needs.
Now, for the last issue remaining, the only one that I've read rejected in recent memory is Avastin, which was found to be ineffective in fighting Breast Cancer by the FDA advisory panel in a vote of 6 to 0. I have not read of any drugs being rejected over the cost. If any were, then the FDA was wrong in that. Cost should not be a concern when saving human lives. The whole point of the health care mandate was to find a way for all Americans to have some sort of coverage, so they could get medical help without concern for the cost. If any politician tries to twist that so they can force unneeded medical procedures on any group of Americans, those politicians should be voted out of office. And about the FDA, I do worry that they are corrupt in and in the pockets of big pharmaceutical companies.
It should be noted that our health care system is a mess. We pay far more than we get out of it. It is convoluted. And these laws make it into even more of a joke. Throwing your hands up and saying "Oh, it is Obamacare" when it is pro-life extremists forcing their will onto people via MEDICALLY UNNECESSARY procedures on women is just fearmongering. Getting people care they need is good, and perhaps there is a better way than what we have, but to blame it for the gross failure of politicians is folly.
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