I am sorry to hear about your current problem. You are fortunate to have insurance, there are many who do not. I am not concerned about the recommendations of the panel though. The panel has been around since 1986 and they make recommendations, these are not mandates. I do wonder though how many insurance companies are intending to run with this as another cost savings for them.

I also wonder about this "panel" and their findings coming out at this particular time, something about it don’t pass the "smell test".

You should read more S.J.,  McLeod is very serious about corruption. I think that she would never have done one thing for Palin had she know just what kind of person Sarah was to begin with. Here is a bit from a Vanity Fair article. 

"McLeod is a Republican, and she was once a Palin ally. In fact, she was integral to Palin’s effort to oust state Republican party chairman Randy Ruedrich from Alaska’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in 2003 after it emerged that he had used his state email account for political purposes. So important was McLeod that one Anchorage talk show host, Rick Rydell, has said that “Andree’s almost responsible for creating Sarah Palin.” Recognizing her debt, Palin heaped praise on McLeod. “Thanks for working to instill the public trust,” she wrote her in one email. In other emails she wrote, “I’m proud to know you,” and “Holy Moly you are powerful regarding getting the word out to the press about questionable activity.”

Let me try this again…

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09302006.html

Dear Liz Peek

I am so glad that you write your column every week, well except last week, it gives the rightwing something to look forward to, to grasp onto. It is kind of like rally round the elephant. It just warms the cockles of my heart, to see all the rightwing come out of the woodwork and get the pent up vile off their chests. I barely have time to skim your column, as I can’t wait to read the comments and see the therapeutic results, it has on some. No one, should have to go around with that much pent up hatred in them, it could cause health problems and I wouldn’t want to see any health claim for treatment denied, by our wonderful insurance industry.  I am worried though, the pack has 3 more years at least to rant and rave, maybe you should write 2 columns a week to help alleviate that anger build up. I don’t know either what will happen when the economy picks up, what will you come up with then to help the stress build up? Oh well, I am sure you’ll think up something, you always seem able to fathom out some bleak forecast on something. 

They should legalize both, prostitution has been around forever and it isn’t going away. Why spend taxpayers money chasing marijuana users and prostitutes? All we are doing now is making the drug cartels rich, we are not making headway on the "war on drugs" we are wasting money and resources. Tax both and put that money to good use, like finding those child molesters and killers on the loose.