FACT CHECK: An antidote for Bachmann’s anecdote

By FactCheck.Org

Republican's story of HPV vaccine leading to mental retardation is backed up by no scientific evidence, medical precedent

Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary, probe suggests

By Rochelle Sharpe and Elizabeth Lucas

Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings may be unnecessary

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gail Wilensky":

"… Medicare tries to rein in spending, “the great R word comes out,” says Gail Wilensky, a former director of the Medicare program, referring to health care ratio …"

Options for cervical cancer check depend on age

By The Associated Press

Two U.S. medical groups calling again for less-frequent, more efficient cancer screenings, this time for cervical cancer