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What would RFK Jr. mean to HHS?

2025/1/29
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Sarah Rosenbaum: 我在制定国家疫苗计划方面发挥了关键作用,我相信疫苗儿童计划是一个巨大的成功,它解决了疫苗接种覆盖率和费用问题,极大地提高了儿童疫苗接种率。该计划确保医疗补助机构提供的疫苗接种覆盖率符合公共卫生专家的标准,并承担了儿科疫苗接种的全部费用,这在今天相当于数十亿美元。在疫苗儿童计划下,特别是低收入儿童的儿童疫苗接种率大幅上升。 我担心肯尼迪会破坏几十年来保障儿童安全的疫苗接种工作。我们可能会面临一个不仅怀疑疫苗,而且实际上否认疫苗对儿童有效性并对疫苗安全提出虚假质疑的人来负责整个项目,这非常令人担忧。 Michael Bennett: 罗伯特·肯尼迪·小儿长期以来一直散布关于疫苗的虚假信息,这令人不安。我们不能让一个花了50年时间散布不实信息和理论,对我们已知安全的事物制造怀疑的人来担任这个职位。 Selena Simmons Duffin: 肯尼迪声称自己不是反疫苗人士,支持儿童疫苗接种计划。但他暗示现有的疫苗科学和安全性存在问题。他没有承认自己过去言论的错误,试图在几十年来敦促人们跳过疫苗接种与监督联邦疫苗政策和建议之间取得平衡。民主党议员们批评他从反疫苗活动中获利,这加剧了人们对其担任卫生与公众服务部长的担忧。肯尼迪还谈到了将科学研究的重点从传染病转移到慢性病的根本原因。 Susan Davis: 肯尼迪在堕胎问题上与特朗普政府立场一致,这表明他不会在这个问题上挑战总统。他明确表示,他会执行总统在堕胎方面的政策。共和党人似乎没有对肯尼迪的提名表示太多反对,这可能与新冠疫情改变了共和党对政府卫生机构的看法有关,肯尼迪有时也持有这种看法。尽管肯尼迪家族成员反对他的提名,但他很可能获得参议院确认,因为他的前竞选伙伴承诺资助对反对他的关键参议员的初选挑战。肯尼迪对医疗保险和医疗补助计划的了解似乎有限,并错误地认为这些计划不受欢迎。

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced senators today in a contentious confirmation hearing to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary under President Trump. He's a former Democrat — turned independent presidential candidate — turned Trump loyalist.He's also someone who has pushed vaccine misinformation, something he was repeatedly questioned about during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.HHS is a massive system that oversees everything from the Food and Drug Administration to vaccine funding to the Affordable Care Act. What do we know about how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would run it? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org)Email us at [email protected])Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)