MAHA infighting threatens to derail RFK Jr.’s health revolution
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s short time leading America’s health agencies has already destabilized the uneasy alliance that vaulted him into President Trump’s Cabinet.Why it matters: The “Make America Healthy Again” movement — a loose umbrella of vaccine skeptics, wellness influencers, and anti-pharma crusaders — was envisioned as a revolution against the medical establishment.But its attempt to integrate with the federal health apparatus — and the MAGA purists who comprise the backbone of Trump’s base — has so far proven deeply dysfunctional.The big picture: The anti-establishment takeover of Health and Human Services — a sprawling agency that accounts for the largest share of domestic federal spending — has become one of the most chaotic experiments of Trump’s second term.Trump has already been forced to pull two major health nominations — former Rep…
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