Republican War on Public Health Round Up: Published 12/22/25
These are mostly from earlier in December.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted Friday to end its recommendation that newborns be universally vaccinated against hepa
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
Rachel Maddow explains that as Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives increasing credence and authority to crackpots,
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical
Just as revoking vaccine mandates for babies is a eugenicist and classist attack against the children of the poor, AI medicare denials are a eugenicist and ableist attack on the elderly and disabled.
It's about killing people RFK Jr. and the republicans at large hate.
"AI-powered prior authorization in Medicare Advantage and private insurance has attracted intense criticism, legislative action by state and federal lawmakers, federal investigations and class-action lawsuits. It’s been linked to bad health outcomes. Dozens of states have passed legislation in recent years to regulate the practice."
“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sta
As Donald Trump fills the leadership roles of the U.S. public health system with quacks and kooks, sane states are taking it upon themselves
