RFK Jr., a lawyer-politician, could replace lawyer-politician Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Or RFK Jr could be the next Secretary of Agriculture, replacing Tom Vilsack, a lawyer.
Deputy FDA Commissioners are sometimes lawyers. Dr. Robert Califf, a cardiologist, is the outgoing FDA Commissioner.
The fact that the incoming Trump administration might be looking this broadly to put RFK Jr. to work says something about the power of the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. What’s precisely in that agenda, which RFK Jr.
brought to the Trump campaign, isn’t entirely clear. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
is the son of former Attorney General of the United States Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States.
RFK Jr. has been involved in numerous environmental and medical issues. He’s been criticized for his views about vaccines.
He also ran for president during the past year but ended up endorsing former Trump, who said RFK Jr. could “go wild” on health in the new administration. His Make America Healthy Again plan is again getting attention and has numerous elements, including some that would directly apply to consumers.
Options for using Health Savings Accounts would be expanded, and Presidential Fitness Standards would be brought back. He has also said that he will upend things — including cutting staff — at the Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for keeping 80 percent of the nation’s food.
