Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on if and how he would reform Medicaid and Medicare during his first confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of Health and Human Services.

Federal health agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, have halted their communication efforts in the first days of the Trump administration.

At today's confirmation hearing, Democratic senators were skeptical of the HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that he is now pro-vaccine.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion, and public health priorities in his first Senate hearing.

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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who has long been an advocate for healthcare access, condemned the apparent shutdown of Medicaid systems that looks to affect health coverage for millions of Americans

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None of this is to paint the late Robert F. Kennedy as a saint. He was fully capable of playing hardball politics, hesitant about directly challenging Johnson on Vietnam, torn between appealing to traditional politics and a newer coalition.

RFK Jr. has detoured from his vibrant life of falconry and brain worms and reportedly sexting with reporters to embark on a quest to become the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has struggled to answer questions at his Senate confirmation hearing about how he'd reform Medicaid or Medicare, the government health care programs used by millions of