I watched the full 3 hours of the hearing and liveposted the entire thing on Bluesky. Needless to say, there are some typos and grammatical errors, and much of what I posted is paraphrasing, but it's as accurate as I could make it in the moment:
Here comes Round 2 of RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) is the chair. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) is the ranking member.
Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
The first official press release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Trump 2.0 Administration is out, and not only is it pretty innocuously worded...it's actually complimentary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which is noteworthy given that the IRA was passed & signed into law exclusively by Democrats & President Biden:
CMS Statement on Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs
Lowering the cost of prescription drugs for Americans is a top priority of President Trump and his Administration. In accordance with the statutory requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the list of 15 drugs selected for the second cycle of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program on January 17, 2025.
