Republican doctors push Kennedy to reform the U.S. preventive health task force overhaul

Exclusive: The Republican Doctors Caucus is supporting possible efforts to overhaul the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force or USPSTF, or a “independent” task force to determine recommendations on which services Health Insurance Company In the United States, free coverage is required.

Letter to the Minister of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr.by R-Tenn. Rep. Diana Harshbarger and RN.C., Rep. Greg Murphy and other caucus members, expressed concern that the organization might prioritize social justice issues over others.

“Preventive health care should be about keeping Americans healthy, not checking the political box,” Harshbarger said in a statement. “The American people should get a task force that follows science, acts urgently and relies on the expertise of frontline doctors. The USPSTF should lead President Trump’s allegations of “make America healthy again” agenda, and don’t waste time awakening distractions, while the rate of long-term illness has been climbing.”

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Specifically, the letter requires that “the experts in question” be part of the process when certain suggestions are made, higher transparency in decision making and more focus on outcomes than “significant concerns about separatist social issues”, citing “race and gender identity considerations that all go beyond traditional clinical parameters.”

“In 2010, the Affordable Care Act expanded the USPSTF’s authority and linked the coverage recommendations with the determination of the task force. However, the incidence of preventable chronic diseases has only climbed in the United States because of the USPSTF’s authority.”

The letter was signed by others. Members of the core groupincluding representatives Andy Harris, Ronnie Jackson, Mike Kennedy, Brian Babin, Shery Biggs and Bob Ornder.

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Earlier this month, three Republican senators wrote a similar letter that drew ideological attention to the current task force.

“In particular, the USPSTF departed from its appropriate activities in the December 2023 Health Equity Framework. This framework criticized the inadequate goal of ‘equal access to quality health care for all’ as public health and announced that the task force will be used as a criterion for “public health importance” to consider the “public health importance” of considering a topic.”

Wall Street Magazine Kennedy was reportedly considering removing board members in July.

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“There is no final decision on how the USPSTF can better support the HHS mission to make the United States healthy again.” HHS spokesperson When asked about the WSJ report at the time, he told Fox News Digital.

this American Medical Association Oppose the overhaul of the task force.

“The USPSTF plays an important, nonpartisan role in guiding physicians to prevent disease and improve patient health by helping ensure access to evidence-based clinical prevention services. We therefore urge you to urge you to retain previously appointed USPSTF members and work to continue the long-term work of routine meetings to ensure that their important work can continue without interruption,” the AMA wrote. ”

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Meanwhile, a group of doctors, including the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, frontline doctors from the Pennsylvania Direct Primary Care Association, signed another letter to support possible changes.

The signer wrote that new members should have a “ideological balance to develop recommendations based on facts and science.”

Fox News Digital contacts HHS for updated comments.