Urotoday has a fantastic video describing the USPSTF and its failings. It is truly worth watching. The first slide shown below is what is iitruly terrifying.
USPSTF - ISSUES
• Proceedings
are not required to be made public
• Exempt from
FACA review process
• Exempt from
the Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
• Requires
public disclosure and participation in activities
• Defines
scope of judicial review
• Encompasses:
• The
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• The
Privacy Act
• USPSTF is
only Federal Agency which can set payment policy exempt from FAPA/APA
USPSTF - ISSUES
• Proceedings
are not required to be made public
• Exempt from
FACA review process
• Exempt from
the Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
• Requires
public disclosure and participation in activities
• Defines
scope of judicial review
• Encompasses:
• The
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• The
Privacy Act
• USPSTF is
only Federal Agency which can set payment policy exempt from FAPA/APA
shows that they do so without any accountability.
If one were to have followed the PSA debate, in the professional media or in my writings as noted herein, one would see that the mortality from PCa has exploded since the USPSTF mandated no coverage of PSA testing and its sequellae.
These folks are in my opinion one of the many "Death Panels" established under the ACA. Yes, they denied coverage and people died.
Hopefully Congress will eliminate this, in my opinion, "mad dog" group as well as many others formed under the aegis of the ACA such as PCORI!
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