Medicare, Robert F. Kennedy Jr

RFK Jr. weighs major changes to how Medicare pays physicians
Kennedy and advisers say the system drives doctors to perform costly surgeries rather than combating chronic disease.
RFK Jr. planning major changes to Medicare: report
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, is best known for his conspiracy theories about vaccines, COVID-19, and AIDS — but those are not the only ideas he has for overhauling the federal government.
RFK Jr. eyes overhaul of Medicare physician pay: What to know
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing for changes to Medicare's physician payment model, aiming to prioritize primary care and prevention.
RFK Jr. Fuels Uncertainty on Policies From Medicare to Abortion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s selection to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s top health official is prompting questions from policy watchers over how the pick will handle the range of key health policies that would fall under his purview.
Washington healthcare world steels itself for RFK Jr.’s HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., best known for public health conspiracy theories and misinformation, doesn't have much of a record on the rest of healthcare.
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Health-care reform: Are RFK Jr. and Oz just what the doctor ordered for Trump? | Mulshine
Both have been chosen by Donald Trump for posts that could have major effects on how the American health-care system works. RFK Jr. was chosen by the President-elect to head the Department of Health and Human Services. As for Dr. Oz, he was picked to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
RFK Jr. is Trump's pick to lead HHS — here's what he could do with that power
Trump’s selection is sounding the alarm in the public health community and leaving the biotech and pharmaceutical industries cautious of changes to come.
RFK Jr. weighs major changes to how Medicare pays docs
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his advisers are considering an overhaul of Medicare's decades-old payment formula, a bid to shift the health system's incentives toward primary care and prevention, say four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
What RFK Jr. could mean for LGBTQ health care
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has expressed opposition to gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and questioned ...
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RFK Jr. and Oz, the Political Dynamics of the Trump Healthcare Duo
President-elect Donald Trump announced last Thursday, Nov. 14, that Kennedy, 70, was his pick to head the Department of ...
Weight loss drug makers still have huge upside, and the market overreacted to RFK Jr. named to top health role, BMO says
Investors are fearful RFK Jr.'s critical stance on weight loss drugs could impact pricing or Medicare coverage, but BMO says ...
RFK Jr.’s nomination to lead HHS is a direct threat to public health
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may present himself as a champion of public health, but his track record reveals a starkly different ...
Melania and RFK Jr join forces to try to improve Trump’s diet: ‘Think fewer Big Macs and less KFC’
Incoming first lady and Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary are apparently lobbying the president to make ...
Reading RFK Jr.’s tea leaves
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