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Critics say there is little evidence of benefit -- and considerable risk -- from common screening tests for colon, breast and prostate cancer, particularly in people older than 70, especially those with other serious health problems.
But it's unlike the online marketplace required by the federal health law and draws only tepid support from health plans and insurance agents.
These pediatricians say they are worried about other patients in the waiting room, some of them too young to be immunized or with health problems that compromise their immune systems.
To help give a sense of the enormity of the pressure faced by panel members, KHN has examined just one of many areas the committee must consider. Here is a sampling of the advice and requests from health care interests.
Health centers fear they won't be able to expand fast enough to meet the growing demand from the current uninsured and the influx of people to Medicaid in 2014.
A new study investigates why American physicians are high earners.
The trust fund that supports Social Security disability benefits will run out of money by 2017, leaving the program unable to pay full benefits unless Congress acts, according to new congressional estimates.
Many of the largest children's hospitals have grown into big businesses with substantial assets and millionaire CEOs.
But John Castellani, who came to the drugmakers' lobbying group after the health care debate, also warns officials against further cuts to the industry.
New rules limiting the shifts first-year medical residents can work in hospitals take effect today, but they won't end the debate over the pros and cons of 24-hour workdays.
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says the "super committee" has a chance at tamping down the nation's debt and slowing Medicare spending growth because the American public understands the stakes - the American Dream.
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