I feel like there's a bigger conversation that you've brought up. We're talking about breast cancer, and the statistic dropped here today that breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women ages 40 to 55 is pretty shocking. What's left out of that stat is the number of women, families and children who are negatively impacted, not just by death but by the sickness itself and the disease itself. That is also a statistic we should be considering.
The bigger picture that I feel you have dropped in this committee, which needs serious evaluation, is from the words you used: power imbalance. I think a lot of us sitting around this table have aging parents or we've seen this. If you do not advocate and fight, you don't get anything. We don't have enough doctors. There's a massive imbalance because you're afraid, and you'll take whatever you can get.
Your testimony is very powerful. The answer that I hear from you—and what I'd like to see put in the report we're going to do—is the concept of self-referral. This is your body. I'd love you to expand on how you feel about that.