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I'm "aware" that this is subjective but because of my being baited and switched, I'm hypervigilant and I flinch when I read about any private charity that offers free mammograms to uninsured women who upon receiving results of cancer have no choice but to deal with what the free mammo charity didn't tell them:"Aren't you glad you got diagnosed?" "Oh, no, we don't pay for treatment." This was said to me several times November 2005 through part of March 2006.
Here we go again. More advertising for "free" charity paid for mammograms. Those charities and the Federal, State and Local Governments routinely don't warn uninsured women that if they get their free mammogram from a private charity, if results come back indicating cancer, the door to free Medicaid treatment slams shut by law. Private breast charities don't buy free treatment.
It's like a drive - by shooting. Every advertisement that I see brings back those painful memories of that happening to me. I had a surgeon friend who pulled rank and operated on me despite his greedy boss's failure to warn me and other uninsured women as to what would happen if we took their free mammograms from the Avon Mobile Van. If you think it's just Avon, good luck with that fantasy. Go on the web sites of the other private charities that buy free mammographies and you won't see any warning about the law, The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Act of 2000. Federal health agencies, State Departments of Health as well as City Departments of Health as well as County Departments of Health appear to have made deliberate decisions not to perform their governmental ethical duties. They stay silent as a tomb.
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McAlister's asks customers to 'drink for pink'
Posted: 12:34 PM
Last Updated: 3 hours and 45 minutes ago
By: Sarah Beth Hensley
Sweet tea just got even sweeter with a promotion at McAlister's Deli that helps raise money for breast cancer research.
Through the month of October--Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- McAlister's will donate $1 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for every gallon of its signature tea that is purchased.
The "Drink for Pink" campaign is a way to spread awareness about breast cancer, Annica Kreider, Vice President of Marketing at McAlister's Corporation said in a news realease.
"Our customers can now join us in raising awareness of breast cancer and join us as we help Susan G. Komen find a way to end this disease that affects so many of us," Kreider said in the release.
For a list of the restaurant's locations in the Tri-State, go to http://www.mcalistersdeli.com/locations/ .
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