1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jul 25, 2009, 3:56 pm PDT

Compassionless twaddle, again, Lillie. Some of us have real concerns about money and missing time from work. How is it you are unable to empathize with women in circumstances different from your own? Your patronizing tone is beyond the pale. Of course, it makes sense when one realizes that women choosing to postpone screenings and/or treatment effects your very own bottom line. Revenues down at Hopkins these days, Lillie? You know you could say the same thing without talking down to people. You could empathize with their plight, offer tips on where to go for help with finances, but no - it's just a finger-wagging lecture from St. Lillie. I'm guessing you don't think you can be wrong - and that you never read these comments.

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jul 26, 2009, 9:05 am PDT

I hate articles like this that sound like exactly what they are: arrogant people without the issues facing most normal folks trying to push people into feeling guilty so they can go spend money - let me take a wild guess where the author gets HER paycheck. People are going to be getting fed up with you all very very soon. Stop this nonsense. People are HURTING in very real ways and articles like this just add fear and shame to the heap. How about you go gather a bunch of millionaire doctors and tell them to start treating more of these poor women for free - or call up bosses and start to lobby for them to give women specific days to do this - don't harass the already over-harassed. That's just being a bully.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jul 26, 2009, 10:15 am PDT

Perhaps offering mammo screenings in the evening or on weeknights - you know - PATIENT CENTERED CARE - could be an option. Some of us face a real obstacle when it comes to taking time off work - job and/or income loss being two of them. But, then, perhaps Hopkins only pays LIP SERVICE to PATIENT CENTERED CARE - but when it comes to brass tacks - it's a non-starter. Patient centered care as long as it doesn't interfere with the general bureaucracy that is the Hopkins Medicine Machine. And I agree, offering some tips on how to manage the very substantial difficulty of paying for medical care would be a more useful way to approach this topic. The patronizing, finger-wagging, scolding tone of the author doesn't cut it for me either.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jul 26, 2009, 10:58 am PDT

Perhaps offering mammo screenings in the evening or on weeknights - you know - PATIENT CENTERED CARE - could be an option. Some of us face a real obstacle when it comes to taking time off work - job and/or income loss being two of them. But, then, perhaps Hopkins only pays LIP SERVICE to PATIENT CENTERED CARE - but when it comes to brass tacks - it's a non-starter. Patient centered care as long as it doesn't interfere with the general bureaucracy that is the Hopkins Medicine Machine. And I agree, offering some tips on how to manage the very substantial difficulty of paying for medical care would be a more useful way to approach this topic. The patronizing, finger-wagging, scolding tone of the author doesn't cut it for me either.

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