U.S. leadership may be on the verge of dismantling the nation's preventive health care
- sciart0
- Aug 6
- 1 min read
Excerpt: "Kennedy is planning to fire all 16 scientists and physicians on the task force, unnamed sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
If the reports are correct and Kennedy does take action, his legacy won’t just be undermining vaccine policy; it will be the dismantling of the entire framework of evidence-based prevention.
An HHS spokesperson told me that “no final decision has been made on how the [task force] can better support HHS’s mandate to Make America Healthy Again.”
Americans might be surprised to learn that the task force’s recommendations guide virtually every aspect of their annual checkup. Established more than 40 years ago, the panel helps clinicians decide what tests and preventive treatments to offer patients from birth to older adulthood.
It gained additional significance after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which required that recommended services be covered by most insurance plans."