Trump taps Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccine skeptic, to lead health department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump said in September he believes the Affordable Care Act is a "lousy" law and that he would like to replace it but pledged to "run it as good as it can be run" until an alternative law can be passed.
47% : Kennedy, who mounted his independent campaign for president before throwing his support to Trump in August, has vowed to pursue his "Make America Healthy Again" agenda, which targets causes of chronic disease and childhood illness.
45% : "The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country," Trump wrote in a post on the social media platform X on Thursday afternoon.
43% : The nearly $2 trillion health agency oversees health-insurance programs including Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and helps lead the response to natural disasters and viral outbreaks.
42% : GOP leaders have said they want to overhaul Medicaid, the safety net program that provides health coverage for low-income populations, and reverse Biden-era initiatives that ban health-care workers from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
42% : "If Trump gets his way, millions of Americans will lose access to critical care they need to stay healthy, disproportionately impacting people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, seniors, women, and people with disabilities," Leslie Dach and Brad Woodhouse, who lead Protect Our Care, a Democrat-aligned health-care advocacy group, wrote in a memo this month.
34% : Republicans have criticized those efforts, which are expected largely to be rolled back under Trump.
28% : Trump has argued that the Senate should allow him to make recess appointments to his Cabinet positions, meaning that his nominees would not need to sit for confirmation hearings.

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