If the House version prevails in the final bill, it’s likely that women who opt for breast cancer screening at age 40, or who seek a mammography every year as opposed to every two years, would have to spend a good deal of money in co-pays for the service. And there’s at least a chance it wouldn’t be covered at all in those cases.

As Joe Conason notes, Hadassah Lieberman is employed by the Susan B. Komen “Race for the Cure” organization, which needs to explain why the man blocking health care reform is repeatedly invited to their events. Ostensibly, they are calling for the changes he is trying to prevent. Are they about raising money, or are they about…you know, health care?

Ask them.

There was much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the new House health care bill. For myself, as a three-time breast cancer survivor, there was tremendous sadness and disappointment in the Speaker. Nancy Pelosi made a choice with regard to the lifesaving biologic drugs I took when I was in chemotherapy-drugs that [...]