Trump Admin Removes Task Force Leaders, Impacting Free Preventive Care

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The Trump administration has removed the top leaders of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which determines which preventive care services insurance companies must cover without additional cost. The move, which includes two doctors whose terms were not yet up, has been criticized as government intrusion into scientific processes. The task force, res…

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The Trump administration has removed the top leaders of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which determines which preventive care services insurance companies must cover without additional cost. The move, which includes two doctors whose terms were not yet up, has been criticized as government intrusion into scientific processes. The task force, responsible for recommendations on services like mammograms and colonoscopies, has been largely inactive recently, with meetings postponed and upd

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