Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, called for increased drug and medical price transparency on Monday.
Kennedy, in honor of the one-year anniversary of his Senate confirmation to the post of HHS secretary, highlighted actions undertaken by the agency to alter federal health guidelines, increase price transparency and roll back vaccine recommendations. He called for increased restrictions on processed foods, and cited adverse health consequences to the proliferation of ultra-processed foods.
“We need to change what we’re feeding these children, or we’re going to lose our country,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy accused large corporations that make ultra-processed foods of stealing profits from farmers and ranchers who make whole food. He said the corporations used their influence to write federal nutrition guidelines under the Biden administration.
