RFK Jr. planning major changes to Medicare: report
Raw StoryRobert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, is best known for his conspiracy theories about vaccines, COVID-19, and AIDS — but those are not the only ideas he has for overhauling the federal government. Specifically, according to the report, he wants to audit and overhaul how medical billing codes work for the national insurance program for America's seniors — an idea that even many Democrats have pushed for years. The lobbying group oversees a panel of several dozen physicians — known as the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee, more commonly referred to as the RUC — who study the resources needed for each medical service and issue recommendations to the federal government," the report continued. However, the RUC's advice has "historically been skewed by misleading estimates of how physicians spend their time, according to a 2013 Washington Post investigation," which has raised concerns about corruption from everyone from former Sen. Trent Lott to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
History of this topic
Trump nominates RFK Jr. to remake healthcare. : Consider This from NPR
NPR
Trump picks RFK Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary
CNN
RFK Jr’s key campaign pledges as he comes out in full support of abortion
The IndependentDiscover Related
