Hormone therapy changed my life! I experienced the worst of the worst symptoms of menopause and went from doctor to doctor who never treated the cause of my problems until I got on these hormones. It has restored my general health, ability to sleep, vitality, sex life, and averted what I'm sure would have been much higher medical costs for other conditions that were avoided through hormone replacement. Any legislator evaluating this should consider how she or he would feel having those things taken away from them and not attempt to restrict the rights of their voters to such basic necessities of life. If every woman of a certain age were taking hormone therapy, I'm convinced it could help reign-in Medicare costs considerably.