{"id":48423,"date":"2026-04-16T22:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=48423"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:55:34","slug":"democrats-confront-rfk-jr-on-vaccines-and-health-care-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=48423","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Confront RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Health Care Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: Democrats Confront RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Health Care Fraud<\/p>\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><span>Back<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">Democrats Confront RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Health Care Fraud<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">Lawmakers confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine messaging and the Trump administration\u2019s handling of health care fraud. The health secretary was also criticized over comments he made about psychiatric medications and Black children, which he denied.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cA deadly measles outbreak in Texas killed an unvaccinated 6-year-old, the first such death in a decade. Do you agree with the majority of doctors that the measles vaccine could have saved that child\u2019s life in Texas?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s possible, certainly.\u201d \u201cPresident Trump approved your decision to end the C.D.C.\u2019S pro-vaccine public messaging campaign?\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve done better at preventing \u2014\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s not answering my question. You suspended this pro-vaccine messaging campaign, but somehow you\u2019re spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock.\u201d \u201cOur nation has a long and painful history of separating Black children from their families. During slavery, Black children were taken from their parents and sold with no regard for their humanity. When you suggested re-parenting Black children, when you sow doubt about the safety of vaccines and when you promote unproven statements that have no basis in science, you endanger the lives of everyone across this nation.\u201d \u201cIf we\u2019re going to pursue fraudsters, it\u2019s not just the people who might make simple, honest mistakes that could be corrected. It\u2019s the people at the top that help to perpetuate this fraud. And the administration\u2019s position seems to be that it\u2019s only the recipients and not the providers that commit fraud. We want an even-handed approach to these fraud investigations, including those whose schemes have cost the American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-hple31\">Lawmakers confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine messaging and the Trump administration\u2019s handling of health care fraud. The health secretary was also criticized over comments he made about psychiatric medications and Black children, which he denied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Jorge Mitssunaga<\/p>\n<p>April 16, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: Democrats Confront RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Health Care Fraud transcript Back transcript Democrats Confront RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Health Care Fraud Lawmakers confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine messaging and the Trump administration\u2019s handling of health care fraud. 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