The United States Preventive Services Task Force plays an important role in protecting access to low-cost or free cancer screenings and tests for chronic diseases.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering removing all 16 members of a highly influential advisory committee that offers guidance about preventive health services, such as cancer screenings, HIV prevention medications or tests for osteoporosis, according to two people familiar with the plan.

The United States Preventive Services Task Force is a group of independent doctors, nurses and public health experts who volunteer to regularly review volumes of the latest scientific research about diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease and mental health, as well as mammograms for breast cancer.

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        71 day ago

        That’s what I struggle with - he is surrounded by some of the smartest people in the field and chooses not to listen to them.

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          23 hours ago

          It’s intentional.

          The people who put them into those positions of power want their money. Him firing these people will cause deaths and people will demand a solution. Then they’ll announce some “amazing” private solution that will be worse and cost more.

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          81 day ago

          These people are sociopaths. They get satisfaction out of doing what other people tell them not to do. That explains a lot of decisions of the Trump administration.