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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

RFK Jr. fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive health screenings

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The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies, for millions of Americans.

In letters dated May 11, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. notified the two doctors who chaired the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that he was terminating their appointments immediately, before the end of their multiyear terms.

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