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The task force recommends which screenings and other preventive health measures must be covered by insurance.<\/p>\n

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, abruptly canceled a meeting this week of a federal task force<\/a> that helps determine which preventive health measures must be covered fully by insurance companies, raising concerns about the future of the nonpartisan panel.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force had been scheduled to meet Thursday, but its members were informed by email Monday, without explanation, that the meeting would be postponed, according to several participants.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoving forward, HHS looks forward to engaging with the task force to promote the health and well-being of the American people,\u201d the notice said.<\/p>\n

The agency did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Created in 1984, the 16-member panel of doctors and other health experts plays a pivotal role in determining whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for lung cancer screenings, stroke reduction medication and scores of other drugs and preventative services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Members of the all-volunteer panel are chosen by the health secretary. They meet three times a year in person and also take part remotely in weekly meetings.<\/p>\n

The decision to cancel the July meeting follows a Supreme Court ruling<\/a> last month that upheld the work of the task force \u2014 but also affirmed Mr. Kennedy\u2019s authority to disregard its recommendations or to remove members before their terms have expired.<\/p>\n

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The task force recommends which screenings and other preventive health measures must be covered by insurance.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, abruptly canceled a meeting this week of a federal task force that helps determine which preventive health measures must be covered fully by insurance companies, raising concerns about the future of the nonpartisan panel.The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force had been scheduled to meet Thursday, but its members were informed by email Monday, without explanation, that the meeting would be postponed, according to several participants.\u201cMoving forward, HHS looks forward to engaging with the task force to promote the health and well-being of the American people,\u201d the notice said.The agency did not respond to a request for comment.Created in 1984, the 16-member panel of doctors and other health experts plays a pivotal role in determining whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for lung cancer screenings, stroke reduction medication and scores of other drugs and preventative services.Members of the all-volunteer panel are chosen by the health secretary. They meet three times a year in person and also take part remotely in weekly meetings.The decision to cancel the July meeting follows a Supreme Court ruling last month that upheld the work of the task force \u2014 but also affirmed Mr. Kennedy\u2019s authority to disregard its recommendations or to remove members before their terms have expired.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31516,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31517,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31514\/revisions\/31517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}