Poll Watch: American Women Sharply Disagree With Mammogram Guidelines Issued By Government Panel

Three-quarters of American women between the ages of 35 and 75 disagree with the relaxed medical recommendations for mammograms announced by a government panel last week, according to a new Gallup/USA Today poll.

The survey released Tuesday finds 47 percent of women “strongly disagree” and another 29 percent “disagree” with the recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force last week that women in their 40s should no longer get routine breast cancer exams, and that the interval for women getting a mammogram in their 50s should be every two years, rather than every year.

Only 22 percent of those surveyed expressed support for the proposals.

And, the Obama administration is already backing away from the panel. But, American women are too smart. They know the Democrat’s health reform legislation WILL mean government mandated guidelines in order to cut costs and ILL lead to rationing.

The most stark assessment comes from California U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina who has successfully battled breast cancer this year:

“Had I followed these recommendations… I could well not be sitting here,” Fiorina told King.

“The truth is all of these preventative techniques… are saving lives. Who is to say that a nameless, faceless government bureaucrat in Washington, D.C. should determine that my life is too expensive to save?”