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2. The panel makes its recommendations using a grading scale, and ObamaCare requires insurers to cover services the task fo
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:12 PM
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I do not trust anything about RFK Jr. Period!!


............It was first established by the Reagan administration in 1984 and has historically been comprised of a group of primary care doctors appointed by the health secretary.

The panel makes its recommendations using a grading scale, and ObamaCare requires insurers to cover services the task force recommends with a “grade” of A or B at no cost to patients.

The task force has historically been nonpolitical and enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress. While the services it evaluates sometimes spark debate among medical experts, they rarely attract political controversy.

Aaron Carroll, the president and CEO of AcademyHealth, a nonprofit representing health policy researchers, said inserting politics into the panel threatens to undermine its reputation.

“The concern would be that there is care that is evidence-based, that is not being reviewed right now, that is not being issued, that people would benefit from every single day, that is not getting covered [by insurance] because they’re not meeting,” Carroll said. ........................

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