In Second Day Of Hearings, RFK Jr. Continues To Flub On Medicare

By Amy Lotven / January 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flubbed basic questions on Medicare during the Senate health committee's courtesy hearing Thursday (Jan. 30) for the HHS secretary nominee, following a Senate Finance Committee session where the leader of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement displayed in-depth knowledge about chemicals that may pollute the nation’s food supply and could contribute to the prevalence of chronic disease but a far thinner grasp of the federal health care programs he’d be tasked to oversee. “During yesterday’s hearing...


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