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> The task force, which is a scientifically independent volunteer panel of national prevention experts, was formed in 1984
> The ACA...requires all insurers to cover at 100% any preventive service that is given an A or B recommendation by the task force.
> the Trump administration has taken actions recently that have slowed the task force's work. A planned meeting of the task force in July was canceled, and its November meeting was postponed.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/preventivecare/119411
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The #USPSTF, which is under fire from the HHS secretary, lowered the age at which it recommended colorectal cancer screening to 45 from 50 in 2021, because more cases of advanced cancer were being seen in younger adults. New studies suggest the new policy is working. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/04/colon-cancer-screening-guidelines-age-45-new-studies/
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USPSTF is one of those organizations that exist but we don’t know about their existence and we all benefit from them , this administration is destroying things that work , in my mind I would think that we should leave alone things that work , but this administration doesn’t think that way.
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You've probably never heard of #USPSTF, but if you think helping people avoid getting desperately ill is a good idea, you should know that #RFKJr seems to be trying to destroy it. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/116572
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BREAKING: Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly canceled a meeting of the USPSTF expert panel that to some degree controls which preventative services are covered under insurance with its recommendations.
No reason was given.
More @STAT: https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/uspstf-rfk-jr-meeting-canceled-preventive-care/
#health #healthcare #medicine #uspstf #rfk #hhs #healthpolicy #Publichealth #primarycare
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"The secretary can remove them at will, & the threat of removal is the ultimate tool for control over final decisions on recommendations," #Trump #DOJ lawyers wrote.
For this & other reasons, DOJ lawyers argued, the #USPSTF's members should be seen as so-called "inferior officers," meaning they can be lawfully appointed by an executive branch dept head - like #HHS secy #RFKJr - & do not require #Senate confirmation under the #Constitution.
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The #conservative #5thCircuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2024 that the task force's structure violates the #Constitution, as plaintiffs claimed.
The govt's appeal of the 5th Circuit's decision initially was filed by Democratic President #Biden's admin before being taken up by Republican Pres #Trump's admin.
Trump's admin argued in a #SCOTUS brief that the #USPSTF's #PreventiveCare recs cannot become legally binding on insurers w/o the #HHS secy's [#RFKJr] permission.
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The case centers on whether the #USPSTF wields power to such an extent that members must be appointed by the #president & confirmed by the #Senate, as required by the #Constitution's #AppointmentsClause….
The task force is made up of #medical experts who serve 4yr terms on a volunteer basis. It reviews medical evidence & public feedback & issues recs about which #preventive services would be most effective for detecting illnesses early or addressing ailments before the condition worsens.
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Several #Texas #Christians & 2 small businesses sued in federal court in Texas in 2020 to challenge the #USPSTF,'s structure. It is the latest in a years-long series of challenges to the 2010 #law, Pres #Obama's signature #legislative achievement, to reach #SCOTUS.
If the justices uphold the lower court's ruling, #health associations said in a filing, life-saving tests & treatments that have been cost-free would become subject to co-pays & deductibles.
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The #Trump admin has appealed a lower court's determination that the US Preventive Services Task Force #USPSTF, which under the #ACA has a major hand in choosing what services will be covered, is composed of members who were not validly appointed. Its 16 members are appointed by the secy of #HHS [currently #RFKJr] w/o #Senate confirmation.
#SCOTUS #law #medicine #HealthCare #AffordableCareAct #Obamacare #health #insurance #PreventiveMedicalCare
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#SCOTUS is set on Monday to consider the legality of a provision of the #AffordableCareAct #law [aka #Obamacare], that helps ensure that #health #insurers cover #PreventiveMedicalCare such as #cancer screenings at no cost to #patients.
#Trump #USPSTF #ACA #HHS #RFKJr #Senate
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Conservatives used to complain about activist judges making laws.
Now one of their Texas judges wants to overrule evidence-based medicine and strike all #USPSTF recommendations since 2010.
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Mammograms once every other year now recommended starting at 40 instead of 50!
New (draft) #BreastCancer screening guidelines c/o #USPSTF:
uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-adults