Career bureaucrats spending decades perfecting their PowerPoint presentations about ‘wellness initiatives’ while Americans grew ever sicker and ‘healthcare reform’ consisting of skyrocketing insurance premiums despite the promises of Obama Care may both be coming to an end.
This from thepatriotjournal.com.
Medication lists are longer. Hospital bills are more expensive. And somehow, the solution was always the same:
[M]ore bureaucracy, more pills, more payments.
In a move that is sending shockwaves through the healthcare establishment, President Trump has launched the Make America Healthy Again Commission. At its helm? Newly-confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The announcement came February 13, just hours after Kennedy’s Senate confirmation. And this IS NOT your typical government task force.
From The Daily Caller:
The Trump administration is kicking off the Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. era with a massive new health commission, according to a Thursday evening White House press release…
American life expectancy significantly lags behind other developed countries, with pre‑COVID-19 United States life expectancy averaging 78.8 years and comparable countries averaging 82.6 years. This equates to 1.25 billion fewer life years for the United States population.
The numbers tell a stark story:
– Six out of ten Americans suffer from at least one chronic disease, and
– Four out of ten battle multiple conditions.
And that is not mere statistics—that is your family, your neighbors, your community.
Instead of another binder full of regulations, this commission promises real action. Kennedy’s appointment, secured by a 52-48 Senate vote, brings an outsider’s perspective to a system desperately needing change.
The commission includes heavy hitters from across government: the Education Secretary, Agriculture Secretary, and FDA Commissioner. No more working in silos. No more passing the buck.
NOTE: The commission has 100 days to deliver a report on preventing childhood health issues. Not treating them—preventing them.
This is the difference between fixing your roof and buying more buckets for the leaks.
The initiative emphasizes what your grandmother already knew:
– good nutrition,
– physical activity, and
– healthy lifestyles matter.
Revolutionary concept, right? Except it is revolutionary in Washington, where the answer to every health problem seems to demand throwing money at it and prescribing more pills.
Think of this as a return to common sense:
– Prevention over prescriptions,
– Wellness over warehousing, and
– Personal responsibility over perpetual dependence.
This is the kind of approach that makes career bureaucrats nervous—and that is probably a good thing.
