Article 6YXYK Top medical body concerned over RFK Jr’s reported plans to cut preventive health panel

Top medical body concerned over RFK Jr’s reported plans to cut preventive health panel

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Maya Yang
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American Medical Association writes to health secretary after reports he aims to overhaul taskforce for being woke'

A top US medical body has expressed deep concern" to Robert F Kennedy Jr over news reports that the health secretary plans to overhaul a panel that determines which preventive health measures including cancer screenings should be covered by insurance companies.

The letter from the the American Medical Association comes after the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Kennedy plans to overhaul the 40-year old US Preventive Services Task Force because he regards them as too woke", according to sources familiar with the matter.

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