GOP senators rally around effort to end 'radical wokeness' in HHS task force

SPECIFIC Three Senate Republicans are backing up Wellbeing and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr s accomplishable effort to modification the U S Preventive Services Task Force saying that the group has in recent times been ideologically motivated The independent task force is used to determine recommendations of what services healthcare insurance companies in the United States have to cover for free such as checking for cancer Americans deserve to know vitality guidelines are based on real science not radical wokeness The Task Force demands to get back to its mission of giving clear evidence-based recommendations people can trust Sen Jim Banks R-Indiana noted in a message I'M A PHYSICIAN AND I'M WORRIED THAT OUR PHYSICAL CONDITION AGENCIES ARE FACING INCREASING CHAOSThe Wall Street Journal revealed that Kennedy is considering removing members of the board and the senators are saying they back any change to veer away from certain DEI tactics employed by the group as of now including the Review to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services and social justice activism by people in the group In particular the USPSTF departed from its proper engagements in its December Physical condition Equity Framework The framework criticizes equal access to quality wellbeing care for all as an inadequate goal of community wellness and announces that the Task Force will instead use equity as a criterion of the society physical condition importance of a topic for consideration the letter added Far from just recognizing wellbeing disparities between certain populations healthcare equity as described by the USPSTF includes information on exposure factors that intersect with race and or ethnicity or other disadvantaged populations e g sexual and gender minorities and that affect prevalence and burden of condition and any inequities in how preventive services are provided accessed or received These criteria would allow the Task Force to issue recommendations outside its proper purview and impose leftwing ideology it continues SEN RAND PAUL KENNEDY IS CONFRONTING 'CORRUPT' WELLBEING AGENCIES TO MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAINSpecifically they noted that changes could be needed to fulfill President Donald Trump s Executive Order to scrap DEI efforts within the federal cabinet along with an EO on restoring merit-based opportunity and ending illegal discrimination Allowing the Task Force to pursue the Fitness Equity Framework means allowing it to exceed its statutory mission and target social groups that comport with a progressive agenda It means discounting universally beneficial recommendations as inadequate It means disregarding statutory limits and instead undertaking a social justice crusade through the lens of critical race theory and gender ideology This would be a mistake The impact is ineffectiveness discrimination and division The USPSTF should be working for all Americans equally the letter added No final decision has been made on how the USPSTF can better endorsement HHS mandate to Make America Healthy Again an HHS spokesperson narrated Fox News Digital in a announcement when appealed about the WSJ summary WATCH RFK JR REBUKES DEM SENATOR FOR PLAYING POLITICS WITH CANCER-STRICKEN CONSTITUENT 'YOU DON'T CARE'There has already been certain opposition to the possibility of removing the members including from the American Curative Association USPSTF plays a critical non-partisan role in guiding physicians efforts to prevent ailment and improve the medical of patients by helping to ensure access to evidence-based clinical preventive services the AMA wrote in a letter to Kennedy As such we urge you to retain the previously appointed members of the USPSTF and commit to the long-standing process of regular meetings to ensure their vital work can continue without interruption