They came from Colorado and Arizona, the two leaders of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, summoned to Washington Wednesday to explain the panel’s contentious new recommendations on breast cancer screenings. But Chairman Ned Calonge and Vice Chair Diana Petitti might have been surprised to discover that lawmakers were much More…
There have been no lack of Republican accusations that new mammogram guidelines — crafted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — represent the first phase in the Democrats’ plot to rein in health costs by rationing care. (Nevermind that the task force is an independent More…
Contentious new mammography guidelines were released sloppily and timed poorly, but they’re supported by the latest medical science, the drafters told lawmakers Wednesday, standing by their recommendations. And House Democrats — breaking with their Republican colleagues — overwhelmingly agreed, arguing that Congress would be foolish to allow scientific More…
The House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to examine contentious new guidelines recommending that women get breast cancer screenings less frequently and later in life.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force caused a storm this month when it suggested that routine mammograms begin at More…
The Democrats downplaying the gravity of new recommendations for breast cancer screening have left out an inconvenient fact: their health care bills would automatically adopt them.
Both the House and Senate health reform proposals would force insurance plans to follow the new mammogram guidelines for women ages 50 to 74 More…
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