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Montalvo took a stand6:50 PM
Doctors should adopt new breast screening guidelines which recommend biannual mammograms starting at age 50 versus annual checkups starting at age 40.

Joe/Jane Public are astoundingly ignorant about medical screening/treatment decisions so the politicos have back-pedaled and oppose a prudent, well-re...
Montalvo took a stand8:20 PM
The vaccine for human papillomavirus should be mandatory.

How do you oppose this vaccine being mandatory without raising the same objection to measles, et al? And Sarah, don't tell me it's 'cause your precio...
Montalvo took a stand7:32 PM
Abortion coverage should not be excluded from government-sponsored health insurance programs.

Not if it's a medical necessity to preserve the life/health of the mother or for rape/incest. But any other abortions should be considered elective su...
Montalvo took a stand10:54 PM
Contraceptives should not be covered by health insurance plans.

If health insurance companies found it cost-effective to pay for contraceptives (e.g., thru reduction of pregnancy claims), they would have all adopte...
Montalvo took a stand4:25 PM
I floss my teeth regularly.

Every morning. Nothing more embarrassing than a pubic hair between your teeth...
Montalvo took a stand1:48 PM
I am a type A personality.

Gee, I've always considered myself so mellow. But given my assertiveness in putting an end to the interminable wordsmithing on this issue, perhaps I n...
Montalvo took a stand4:03 PM
I do not use homeopathic remedies.

And I avoid snake oil, prayer therapy, crystals, coffee enemas, voodoo and other similar unproven "cures". You may get a placebo benefit but only if y...
Montalvo took a stand7:26 PM
Healthcare reform should not include a government-sponsored health insurance option.

So we offer a public option, it undercuts existing insurance plans, driving them out of business and we're left with a single-payer system. Only THEN...
Montalvo took a stand10:50 AM
Health care reform legislation will not be passed in 2009.

Like Hillary, Obama's attempting a transformational solution that threatens the 75% of Americans satisfied with their health care. If he's lucky, it ...
Montalvo took a stand12:48 AM
I do not worry about growing older.

I'm comforted by the old adage, "Life's a bitch and then you die." And one advantage of BEING older? I don't have to worry about dying young. Anoth...
Montalvo took a stand2:24 PM
The town hall protests against health care reform are appropriate.

A minority of attendees have been disruptive. The vast majority, while opposing the reforms, are there to express their views...and that's what such ...
Montalvo took a stand8:11 PM
I do not use lip balm regularly.

I am so NOT metrosexual...don't use lip balm, don't get manicures and pedicures, don't carry a murse, don't go to a stylist, own nothing from Banana R...
Montalvo took a stand2:34 PM
The U.S. should not implement a single-payer health care system.

Health care from the bureaucrats that gave us the Iraq War, the Great Recession, USPS, Social Security and Medicare bankruptcies, the 50-years-&-count...
Montalvo took a stand12:55 PM
The federal government should tax employer-sponsored health benefits.

But only as part of a comprehensive strategy to wean us off employer-sponsored health insurance. It's wrong-headed, creates huge inequities & threate...
Montalvo took a stand1:37 PM
Women should not be required to receive postpartum depression screenings after every birth.

Requiring specific medical examinations is dumb enough but doing so at a time when health care affordability is a major concern is truly stupid. No th...
Montalvo took a stand5:01 PM
The government should not subsidize pneumonia vaccinations for seniors.

Medicare Part B provides coverage for the vaccination and represents a sufficient public subsidy. A bigger obstacle than cost is lack of personal res...
Montalvo took a stand6:44 PM
Marketing and advertising restrictions in the tobacco regulation laws violate free speech.

But they DON'T violate the free speech protections of the First Amendment, any more than do prohibitions against falsely yelling "Fire!" in a crowded ...
Montalvo took a stand12:13 PM
There should be limits on the amount of damages awarded in medical malpractice suits.

CA's had limits since '75....30% lower insurance rates, prevents flight of docs & stops excessive awards from emotional juries when inevitable acciden...
Montalvo took a stand12:24 AM
Drinking in moderation is not a viable treatment for alcoholism.

Drinking to treat alcoholism sounds too much like smoking to treat lung cancer or eating Cheetos to treat obesity. Indulgence ain't the answer for th...
Montalvo took a stand5:36 PM
"Third-hand smoke" is not a viable concern.

Just what we need...yet another focus of concern for the paranoid. Under CA law, my employer had to post a sign warning of materials causing cancer a...
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