AHIP

Me, April 22nd:

...the good news is that the [U.S. Preventative Services Task Force] can continue to do its job. The bad news is that anti-vaxxer & complete nutjob Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now the one who gets to decide who serves on the PSTF.

According to the PSTF website itself:

The Task Force is made up of 16 volunteer experts in the fields of preventive medicine and primary care, including internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, obstetrics/gynecology, and nursing. Most of our members are practicing clinicians. To develop recommendations, we use our own expertise and routinely invite the input of disease experts and specialists. We also invite input from stakeholders and the public.

And who decides who those 16 experts are?

This has been a long time coming, with lots of Sturm und Drang along the way, but it's finally here:

President Biden Announces New Landmark Rule to Protect Americans from Junk Health Insurance

  • Latest action to deliver better health care and prevent consumers from getting ripped off

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking a major step to crack down on junk health insurance for American families and consumers and deliver better health. As the President has said, people hate being played for suckers and the current practice of offering low-quality insurance that people pay into, but then provides no coverage when people need it, is a bait and switch. That’s why the Biden-Harris Administration is issuing a final rule that protects consumers from junk health insurance and makes sure Americans aren’t scammed into low-quality coverage that leaves consumers on the hook for thousands of dollars in medical bills or denies life-saving care right before treatment. The President is committed to building on the promise of the Affordable Care Act and its critical consumer protections that ensure meaningful coverage for people’s health care needs.

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