On the spot, many Americans may He HE the difference between Medicade and Medicare. One of these programs that is not affected by these programs generally does not generally be familiar with people who have registered about 150 million in the United States. The two programs are very similar. The name is a federal program for elderly Americans and American with disabilities, and does not actually suggest that Medicade covers low -income earners in the United States.
However, most Americans are not nominated as the secretary of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. IS. Nevertheless, a confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Finance Committee revealed that he did not know much about Medicare and Medicade.
As a HHS secretary, Kennedy will supervise a series of government agencies, including FDA, CDC, and National Health Institute, focusing on improving American health. He also supervises the medical and medical services center. This manages these two programs, as the name suggests. In other words, HHS services touch all American life. In particular, Medicade and Medicare are the most common methods for people to directly benefit from government services.
The Senate Committee in Kennedy’s various issues, the view of anti -vaccine, the support of conspiracy theory, the stance of abortion, and the potential problems in hearing for three and a half hours. Economic conflict-Senator baked Kennedy in various aspects of two government programs. In his new role, Kennedy may be charged by supervising a major change to one of them. Donald Trump has pledged Save Medicare. He has not made such a promise for Medicade Health-Policy experts expect You may be aiming to reduce expenditure. (On Tuesday, Medicade’s refund portal suddenly stopped working after the Trump administration ordered the federal subsidy and loan to freeze, and then regained access to the portal.) Discussed Focusing on US public health insurance does not make Americans more healthy, and Kennedy criticizes Medicade when saying “Our people are sick every year.” It seemed to reflect, and lamented the expansion of the program. People with high income. “The poorest Americans are now being robbed,” he said.
But Kennedy also seemed to confuse two programs when he explained. Some of the Medicade issues said, “The insurance premium is too high and the deduction is too high.” The majority of those who are registered with Medicade do not pay insurance premiums or deductions. Federal Law actually prohibits premiums for the minimum income registrants in the program. (He seemed to be familiar with the advantage of Medical Care. This is a program that provides elderly Americans with private insurance compensation and is registered.)
Kennedy was in a high pressure situation to make fairness. However, being a secretary of HHS is a high -pressure job. Kennedy had time to prepare prior to today’s hearing. If confirmed, he does not need to learn the details of Medicare and Medicade every minute, but it is necessary to navigate both programs (differences, weaknesses, and how they evolve). 。 For example, those who are subject to both programs have created points for a healthcare system because it is difficult to adjust the coverage between two and complicate care. when Being pushed Senator Bill Cassidi in Louisiana suggested that Kennedy should “integrate” and “integrate” how to deal with the problem, but when asked how it would happen. “I’m not sure,” he said.
Kennedy struggled with the details of other policies. According to Kennedy, Kennedy said one of his goals was to improve the quality of care and to meet Trump’s instructions to reduce all American care. However, he explained that it was ambiguous in a plan to reform the medicade, “enhancing transparency,” and “increasing accountability.” Kennedy said, “Well, I don’t have a wide range of proposals to dismantle the program.”
Kennedy had no clear sense of how to approach one of the more controversial and legally sensitive health problems over the past few years. An emergency treatment room that receives medical funds to provide care to people who are life -threatened. The Biden administration claims that this federal law will replace the state of the state abortion, and after the Supreme Court denied this issue in 2024. It was revealed by a doctorHealth and Human Service Secretary Zavier Veterella, co -authored, that abortion may be recognized as an emergency treatment. Kennedy acknowledged him this morning I didn’t know the range Of the authority, he had to enforce the law in his new job.
Jacinda ABDUL-Mutakabbir, a UC San Diego clinic pharmacist, said that it was not just a harmless fumble that Kennedy failed to understand the complexity of the two programs. If he is not familiar with the program he is assigned to be executed, he may not appreciate his decision. If some of the most vulnerable Americans change health insurance, they may probably be deprived, but the health gap in this country will probably increase. And if some of his agendas are described in today’s hearing, if they include improvement in transparency, specialized knowledge must be a prerequisite. “I can’t enhance the transparency for things that are not clear,” Abdul Mutakabille told me. (Kennedy’s press team did not immediately return a comment on performance at today’s hearing.)
During the hearing, Kennedy’s vaccine and infectious disease occurred. He copied lime disease as “a high possibility in the military -designed biological era.” (The bacteria that have existed at least tens of thousands of years are not so.) He was on his claim that measles vaccine killed two children in Samoa in 2018 (vaccine is. He was not inappropriate for the two nurse who was finally sentenced to five years. He said he was in “Basically … Zero Risk”. (A young child teeth A baby who is in danger, especially a baby who is less than 6 months of age Similar hospitalization rate From an adult illness between 65 and 74 years old. ) However, Kennedy’s falsehood on infection and immunity was already well known. What I learned today was that he may lack basic abilities in some of the largest aspects of his future work.