ACP alarmed by abrupt firing of Preventive Service Task Force members

Statement attributable to:
Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, MACP
President, American College of Physicians

WASHINGTON May 21, 2026— The American College of Physicians is alarmed by the abrupt firing of two members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) this week. As primary care physicians, Dr. Wong and Dr. Davis serve as important representatives for internal medicine physicians and the patients that we care for. Both physicians are highly qualified experts, and we take issue with the lack of transparency in any review that Secretary Kennedy has conducted of members of the task force. The firings come as the task force has not met over the course of the past year and has been prevented from doing their work to ensure that the American public has up-to-date guidance, based on the best-available evidence, about preventive health care services. The USPSTF guidance is critical to a healthy America, and we must not allow its membership or processes to be politicized.

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