RFK Jr. Confirmed As HHS Secretary shows that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the Secretary of Health and Human Services on February 13.  In early 2024, Kennedy stopped his campaign for the US presidency as an independent and joined Trump's Transition Team. President Trump later nominated Kennedy as Secretary of HHS. The Senate confirmed Kennedy after grueling sessions.

Kennedy's job is to "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA). How We Can Make America Healthy Again explains that Hippocrates said, "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food" and Wendell Berry said "We have a food system that ignores health and a healthcare system that ignores food!"

How Big Ag/Big Pharma Keep America Sick points out that American medicine excels in treating trauma. So, if you get hit by a car, are in a fire, fall off a ladder, or are shot, you can expect help at a hospital. However, American medicine is failing in chronic disease. Americans spend an average of $12,555 per person on health care annually according to the Peterson-KFF Health Care Tracker. By comparison, typical health care spending across other developed nations is about $6,651,