Congress Joins Mammography Debate

by Joanne Silberner, NPR

Efforts are under way to expand the scope of evidence-based medicine as part of an attempt to rein in health care costs. Congress is still meddling in medical decisions, such as the new guidelines on mammograms. Wednesday's discussions by a House panel on routine mammograms got tangled with the issue of health care overhaul.

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• Morning Edition, December 3, 2009