New Guidelines.....Ignore everything
If you are over 60 and have high blood pressure feel free to ignore it. Treating it is expensive. Not treating it is cheap. The worst that happens is you die……Which also happens to be cheaper.
So these new guidelines are a win win for saving money.
“Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively (cheaper), which could mean taking fewer pills (cheaper) to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from a U.S. “expert panel”. But not all experts are on board with the advice - including the government agency that appointed the group.”
“Panel members stressed that they are not changing the definition of high blood pressure: 140 over 90. (you still have it….We just don’t want to pay to treat it)
“For adults aged 60 and older, they are recommending a higher treatment threshold (cheaper), prescribing medicine only when blood pressure levels reach 150 over 90 or higher.” (only when you are right about to die).
“While the guidelines were updated by a government-appointed panel, they don't have the government's endorsement like previous versions.
The panel completed its work earlier this year, around the same time that the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute announced that it was getting out of the guidelines business and turning the job over to the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology. Updated guidelines from those medical groups are expected in late 2014.” (After they see how many people die in this trial period)
(Translation – Nobody wants to be responsible for the new guidelines….. but they do want to stop treating you to save money. Just don’t blame them when it kills you.)
“In the meantime, the heart association is raising concerns about the new recommendations, saying that many studies they are based on didn't last long enough to reveal dangers of undertreated high blood pressure in older patients.”
I guess these are the death panels that Fox News warned us about.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-expert-panel-updates-blood-pressure-guidelines-for-older-adults-over-60/
So these new guidelines are a win win for saving money.
“Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively (cheaper), which could mean taking fewer pills (cheaper) to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from a U.S. “expert panel”. But not all experts are on board with the advice - including the government agency that appointed the group.”
“Panel members stressed that they are not changing the definition of high blood pressure: 140 over 90. (you still have it….We just don’t want to pay to treat it)
“For adults aged 60 and older, they are recommending a higher treatment threshold (cheaper), prescribing medicine only when blood pressure levels reach 150 over 90 or higher.” (only when you are right about to die).
“While the guidelines were updated by a government-appointed panel, they don't have the government's endorsement like previous versions.
The panel completed its work earlier this year, around the same time that the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute announced that it was getting out of the guidelines business and turning the job over to the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology. Updated guidelines from those medical groups are expected in late 2014.” (After they see how many people die in this trial period)
(Translation – Nobody wants to be responsible for the new guidelines….. but they do want to stop treating you to save money. Just don’t blame them when it kills you.)
“In the meantime, the heart association is raising concerns about the new recommendations, saying that many studies they are based on didn't last long enough to reveal dangers of undertreated high blood pressure in older patients.”
I guess these are the death panels that Fox News warned us about.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-expert-panel-updates-blood-pressure-guidelines-for-older-adults-over-60/
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December 20, 2013
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