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3月3日（路透社）——美国卫生与公众服务部发言人表示，原定决定保险公司必须覆盖哪些癌症筛查和其他预防性健康措施的美国咨询小组3月会议已被推迟。
这个由16名成员组成的美国预防服务工作组（USPSTF）通常每年举行三次会议，上一次会议于2025年3月召开。其2025年11月的会议因政府停摆而取消，原定于2025年7月的上一次会议也被HHS突然取消。
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HHS发言人安德鲁·尼克松周二在电子邮件中表示：”今年首次USPSTF会议已被推迟，将在未来几个月重新安排。”
自去年以来，一直有人担忧卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪可能会解散该小组，以重塑美国对疫苗、食品和药品的监管。
去年6月，肯尼迪解雇了美国疾病控制与预防中心免疫实践咨询委员会的全部17名成员（该委员会是疫苗专家小组），并以7名精心挑选的成员取而代之，其中包括知名的疫苗怀疑论者。
这个已有40年历史的USPSTF负责决定哪些医疗检测和治疗（例如常规乳腺癌筛查或预防HIV感染的药物）需要在大多数医疗保险计划中免费提供。
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该工作组是一个由志愿专家组成的独立组织，但它依赖卫生与公众服务部医疗保健研究与质量局的支持。
成员以交错的四年任期任命，每年有部分轮换。2025年1月，两名新成员开始任期。
美国最高法院2025年6月在涉及HIV预防服务保险覆盖范围的裁决中，确认卫生部长对预防性护理小组拥有管辖权。
USPSTF被一些保守派批评为过于左倾。
包括美国医学协会和美国儿科学会在内的104个健康组织于7月初向国会卫生委员会致信，敦促他们”保护该工作组的完整性”。
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Exclusive: US postpones third consecutive meeting of preventive health panel
March 3, 2026 5:54 PM UTC / Reuters
By Deena Beasley
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March 3 (Reuters) – The March meeting of the U.S. advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover has been postponed, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The 16-member U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which usually holds three annual meetings, last met in March of 2025. Its November 2025 meeting did not take place due to a government shutdown. The previous meeting, set for July 2025, was abruptly canceled by HHS.
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“The first USPSTF meeting of this year has been postponed and will be rescheduled in the coming months,” HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an email on Tuesday.
Concern has circulated since last year that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might disband the panel as part of an effort to reshape U.S. regulation of vaccines, food and medicine.
Last June, Kennedy fired all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel of vaccine experts, replacing them with seven handpicked members, including known vaccine skeptics.
The 40-year-old USPSTF is responsible for deciding which medical tests and treatments, such as routine breast cancer screening or drugs to prevent HIV infection, need to be provided cost-free under most health insurance plans.
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The task force is an independent group of volunteer experts, but it relies on support from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Members are appointed in staggered four-year terms, with some rotation each year. In January 2025, two new members, opens new tab began their terms.
The U.S. Supreme Court in a June 2025 ruling involving insurance coverage for HIV prevention services, affirmed that the Health Secretary has authority over the preventive care panel.
The USPSTF has been criticized by some conservatives, opens new tab as too left-leaning.
A group of 104 health organizations, opens new tab, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, in early July sent a letter to Congressional health committees, urging them “to protect the integrity” of the task force.
Reporting By Deena Beasley; editing by Caroline Humer and Bill Berkrot
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