This resolution honors the United States Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of medical experts that has been making evidence-based recommendations about preventive health services since 1984. The Task Force evaluates preventive care options—such as cancer screenings, counseling on healthy behaviors, and preventive medications—and currently recommends 54 preventive services that health insurance plans must cover without cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act. The resolution emphasizes the Task Force's rigorous scientific process, conflict-of-interest protections, and its role in saving hundreds of thousands of lives through simple and often inexpensive preventive measures. The resolution calls for uninterrupted operations and funding for the Task Force and its supporting agencies, and specifically requests that the Department of Health and Human Services reconvene the Task Force without delay, appearing to respond to a recent cancellation of a scheduled meeting by HHS leadership.
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