• ryper@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    The link goes to the comments instead of the body of the post.

    Anyway, the decision comes with a huge catch:

    While the ruling means that coverage of preventive health care is no longer under threat, the ruling clarifies that the health secretary has direct authority over the USPSTF. The clarification raises concern that the current secretary, Kennedy, could remove task force members and/or undo recommendations to suit his personal ideology, as he is now doing with the vaccine advisory board at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Preventative care is covered, but RFK Jr. has control over the group that recommends which preventative care should be covered.

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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      Yep, as I posted in another thread yesterday, say hello to fully covered Ivermectin, Vitamin A, and cod liver oil. Meanwhile, actual preventative care will wind up not being covered at all.