So, RFK Jr. is at it again.
In the last week or so, Trump’s health secretary has taken his grandkids for a swim in fecal-laced waters. He also told Congress that Americans shouldn’t rely on him for medical advice — which, on one hand is obvious, since he’s a conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxx crackpot. But on the other hand, he’s also the top health official in the country because he sucked up to Trump during the ‘24 campaign.
And there are others things that have gotten less attention, like his plans for what looks like a national autism registry, which should send chills up your spine. He’s called for a bogus review of the abortion medication mifepristone based on junk science, which could make it even harder to get access to reproductive health care since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. And he’s making it a lot harder to get the COVID vaccine by severely restricting access to Norovax unless you’re 65 and older.
Who better to talk to about all this than Charles Gaba, a nationally recognized health care analyst who tracks policy and politics at his website, ACASignups.net?
Charles also discussed with former President Biden announcing his cancer diagnosis on Sunday. And we delved into the big Medicaid cuts that Republicans have in store for us that could pass the House this week, as well as cuts to ACA subsidies that help make health care more affordable and other ways Trump is sabotaging the program. Charles has done the math of just how many people could lose their health care thanks to Republicans, broken down by state and congressional district.
It’s not too late to stop this. Call your representative today and tell them what you’ll lose by these cuts. Tell them that your family can’t afford to give billionaires like Elon Musk more tax cuts.
And in case Charles wasn’t busy enough, he’s also become a fundraising powerhouse. He runs blue26.org, which makes it easy to donate to Democratic candidates at the federal, state, and local levels. Last year, he raised about $13 million for Democrats, including $9 million for Kamala Harris.
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