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'Monster': RFK Jr. ignites firestorm for ouster of entire cancer screening task force
https://www.rawstory.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-2673761284/'Monster': RFK Jr. ignites firestorm for ouster of entire cancer screening task force
Daniel Hampton
July 25, 2025 8:33PM ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was scorched on social media Friday night amid revelations he plans to purge an entire panel of experts tasked with deciding which cancer screenings and other preventive services insurance plans are required to cover.
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The move sparked immediate backlash from Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), who sits on the Senate’s health committee.
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Dr. Richard Ferro wrote on Bluesky, "It's really hard to tell at this point but I think years from now this will be one of the most destructive things that RFK Jr did at HHS. Mammograms, FIT tests and colonoscopies, diabetes, blood pressure, depression screens. All of these are as widely available as they are because of USPSTF."
Ferro added, "To gut the task force responsible for making cancer screening accessible to the general public when rates of cancer are increasing in young people is downright vile."
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