‘With Great Personal Offense,’ Dingell Takes on GOP Over Mammogram Guidelines

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…

Loud Calls for a Senate Hearing on New Mammogram Guidelines

A bipartisan group of 22 senators representing are calling on the leaders of the chamber’s health committee to examine the new breast cancer screening guidelines that have ignited a recent firestorm on and off Capitol Hill.

“These recommendations, which have been widely criticized by patients and doctors alike, More…