Source: In These Times
by Adam Gaffney
“Ahead of his inauguration on January 20, Donald Trump and his allies are promising to ‘“Make America Healthy Again’ (MAHA), a pledge that will soon be at center stage as his nominee to head the department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faces confirmation hearings in the Senate. While we should have no nostalgia for our medical past — life expectancy has sharply risen over the past century — Trump and RFK Jr. are correct that something is deeply wrong with Americans’ health and our healthcare system: our life expectancy increasingly stands below that of other wealthy nations; the opioid epidemic rages; healthcare remains unaffordable for one quarter of working-age Americans with health coverage; more than 25 million Americans are uninsured; and younger and middle-age adults are experiencing a rise in mortality that began even before the Covid-19 pandemic.” [editor’s note: Not surer if this writer is a Big Pharma, Big Farm or Big Food drone – SAT] (01/08/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-rfk-jr-make-america-healthy-again-maha-medicare