HHS is about to undergo the most sustained, withering assault we have seen in its entire existence.
This attack will come from within.
They will orchestrate famine, starving essential programs of funding and cutting benefits for millions of Americans.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Dec. 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Let us start with the NIH, the worlds leading funder of biomedical research.
It supports life-saving research on drugs and disease treatments, which has led to over 100 Nobel Prizes.
It is no surprise, then, that Trumps pick wants to demolish it.
He said, Were going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.
It would amount to throwing away years of research and wasting investments that would not easily be restarted.
Infectious disease research often yields information that helps us understand chronic conditions, and vice versa.
When you take a wrecking ball to one pillar, you weaken the entire building.
Bhattacharya has called for a dramatic restructuring of the agency, which he claims is led by small-minded bureaucrats.
These organizations exist to do what Congress gave them a statutory obligation to do.
Several of these groups have been investigated and fined for misleading members on this basis.
Combined with RFK Jr.s desire to take a break from infectious disease for about 8 years.
I shudder to think of what horrible diseases will go untracked and untreated.
This crucial agency regulates health insurance and sets policy that guides the prices paid for health services.
Ozhas never worked in the federal government before.
During the pandemic, he promoted ineffective malaria drugs like hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus.
Finally, let us look at RFK Jr., the deadly leader of this band of horsemen.
His record of disinformation and death is long and global.
It is past time for Democrats to stop worrying about being seen as hysterical.
I have never seen a team so deliberately curated to blow up our health system.
We cannot let them get away with it.
I will fight every step of the way to protect the institutions that advance our public health.
