Watch: Health Secretary RFK Jr. lobs insults at Liz Warren during raucous hearing
A heated exchange between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. highlighted tensions over health care accessibility and pharmaceutical industry influence during a recent congressional hearing, also involving Sens. Bernie Sanders, Ben Ray Lujan and Raphael Warnock.
The debate centered on health care costs, with Warren challenging Kennedy’s previous commitments regarding health care access. “It takes it away if you have to pay $200,” Warren argued, while Kennedy countered that “most Americans are going to be able to get it from their pharmacy for free.”
The exchange grew more contentious when Warren pressed Kennedy about his earlier promises, stating, “No, the question is everyone who wants it - that was your promise.” Kennedy defended his position, saying he “never promised to recommend products with which there is no indication,” and accused Warren of accepting “$855,000 from pharmaceutical companies.”
Kennedy concluded his exchange with Warren by drawing a distinction between “established science and the scientific establishment,” claiming the latter “has been co-opted by the pharmaceutical industry.”
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