President Trump signed an executive order creating a Make America Health Again (“MAHA”) Commission to be chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly confirmed head of the US Department of Health and Human Services, reports Noah Tong for Fierce Healthcare. The Commission will look into the “root causes of America’s escalating health crisis.”
RFK Jr.’s priority is the childhood chronic disease epidemic. The Commission will focus on health research, our diet, toxins and other environmental factors, health care coverage and corporate influence. The Commission will release its “Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment” to President Trump in 100 days.
The Commission has 180 days to recommend a strategy for addressing childhood chromic conditions. RFK has long blamed vaccines for some childhood chronic conditions, and he has not wavered from that position, even though the evidence weighs heavily against his thinking.
RFK Jr. has explicit authority to hold hearings and meetings and other public events, to the extent he chooses, and he can solicit expert advice from public health leaders. He says that he wants to remove dangerous chemicals from our environment and food.
In addition to Chairman RFK Jr., Commission members include the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the Education Department Secretary and the Housing and Urban Development Secretary.
Meanwhile, it remains unclear how or whether President Trump will address high drug prices. The pharmaceutical industry is hoping he will end Medicare drug price negotiations required under the Inflation Reduction Act. New tariffs Trump imposed on China are projected to drive up drug prices, as many pharmaceutical ingredients are imported from China.
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