RFK Jr. Doesn’t Know About His Own Agency’s $11 Billion Health Cuts

See no evil, hear no evil. In a recent interview, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., professed to not know anything about the Trump administration’s plans to strip away billions in funding from state and local health departments. RFK Jr.’s apparent ignorance was on display during his first network TV interview as HHS secretary, which aired Wednesday on CBS news. At one point, CBS News chief medical correspondent Jon LaPook asked Kennedy whether he had personally approved the federal government’s attempt to rescind $11 billion meant for health departments, to which Kennedy responded that he was “not familiar with those cuts.” It’s only the latest messaging flub for Kennedy, however. In late March, HHS sent letters to various health departments announcing that it would immediately terminate $11.4 billion in federal grants that were expected to last through September. The grants were allocated in response to the covid-19 pandemic, but were earmarked for ... Read full article.