Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lamented the “perverse incentives” pushed on healthcare professionals during his latest television appearance.
Kennedy is roughly five months into his position where his predecessors, according to him, were “bankrupt, morally and scientifically.” While Kennedy has made many changes to food and vaccine standards in this short time, he further outlined his goals on Fox News’s My View with Lara Trump Saturday.
“There’s so many perverse incentives that are built into our medical system now. Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, they’re all making money from keeping us sick. It is just a fact of life,” Kennedy said. “All those institutions make more money if you are sick, but economic incentives have an influence on validating or fortifying judgments that may not be the best for the patient.”
The motivation behind Kennedy’s health initiatives comes from his upbringing with eleven siblings, and roughly 70 cousins that showed him “what a healthy child looks like.” As he noticed new generations of younger people developing chronic health issues, he took up the issue “for the moms.”
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As a result, Kennedy claims he is often approached by mothers thanking him for his efforts. Kennedy asserted the public servants in HHS are also grateful “to protect children’s health” as they intended to do when they joined the department.
In his capacity as secretary, Kennedy has not shied away from firing other employees he deemed corrupt, such as The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. Kennedy fired all 17 of the panel’s previous members and replaced them with eight members, seven of whom remain on the committee.
