WASHINGTON — Former President Trump and his campaign surrogates ignited a fresh round of alarm in recent days over how they might undermine public health in the future and how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in particular, might “go wild on medicines.”
Now, a Kennedy family member, who is also a longtime health care lawyer and disability rights advocate, is joining the chorus of concern.
“I am deeply concerned about President Trump’s flagrant disregard for public health and safety,” Ted Kennedy Jr., a lawyer at Epstein Becker Green, and a cousin of RFK Jr., told STAT. “We can’t put anyone in charge of health care who doesn’t understand how doctors and scientists develop best practices and keep us safe, and has no medical background and no knowledge about how health care is organized, delivered, and paid for.”
