A recent pledge by former President Donald Trump and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to work together on public health issues could signal a major shift in Republican priorities if the Trump campaign prevails on Election Day. may occur.
President Trump called for the creation of an independent commission that incorporated President Kennedy’s opinions, and called for the creation of an independent commission that incorporated President Kennedy’s opinions, and proposed measures such as improving the nation’s intake of nutritious foods and responding to the increasing trend in nutritious food intake. He pledged to address the various MAHA, MAHA issues that candidates have brought to the forefront. Obesity in adults. These concerns in addition to other MAHAs priority that Historically, it hasn’t had much support within the Republican Party. make a call As for tougher environmental regulations, it suggests a potential Trump administration could take a different approach to health, agriculture and environmental issues than it did in his first term.
Campaign officials, Republican lawmakers and health experts previewed MAHA’s various priorities in interviews with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Taddress rising rates of chronic disease; influence It is a common concern for approximately 60% of American adults.
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“We’re finally turning the page and saying, ‘What we want is a health care system, not a disease system,'” Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told DCNF. “For 50 years, we have built a system of disease.”
“As we send President Trump back to the White House, we will be joined by passionate voices like RFK Jr. to help America continue to provide safe food for families and end the epidemic of chronic diseases plaguing our children. We will work together to make the world healthy again,” said national spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt. for the Trump campaign, he told DCNF. “President Trump will also create a special independent-minded presidential commission, bought and unfunded by Big Pharma, and tasked with investigating the causes of the decades-long rise in chronic disease. Dew. ”
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Republicans and former Trump health officials are enthusiastic that forming the federal government to respond to the nation’s myriad health crises could mark a turning point in the times facing Americans. There is. deterioration of health and is in decline Life expectancy.
Redfield supported the idea of an independent chronic disease commission and told DCNF that the federal government must take chronic disease prevention more seriously. Americans are facing worsening health conditions; is in decline Life expectancy.
“Rather than the way our current system works, where you check in every six months and someone tells you how you’re doing, it’s much more important to have real-time, continuous, daily monitoring of chronic conditions,” Redfield says. . Added. “No, you need to check in every day.”
According to Redfield, a second Trump administration could cut Americans’ finances by more than $4 trillion. spend Health care costs would be cut in half each year if federal agencies took a “whole-of-government” approach that targeted substance use disorders, obesity, and ultra-processed foods in addition to improving mental health services.
“In my opinion, these are low-hanging fruit,” Redfield told DCNF. “That’s all America’s health care system will be vastly improved. ”
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller The second Trump administration is supporting veterans candidates. In an interview with DCNF, he said his recent encounter with a crowd of British schoolchildren on a trade mission to the UK was further confirmation that Trump must take action on obesity and processed foods in a second term. He said it became.
“Kids of the ’90s, there wasn’t a single fat kid in this group,” Miller said, also calling for the reinstatement of the Presidential Fitness Testing Program. retired The decision was made by the Obama administration in 2012, he told DCNF. “That inspired me to think that what we were doing was wrong.”
Improving the health status of more than 40% of Americans obesityMiller told DCNF that the second Trump administration should consider eliminating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for processed foods.
“Why do we pay for soda, cookies and junk food with our SNAP benefits?” Miller told DCNF. “That should stop.”
Miller also pointed to his Texas Fresh Farm. program It provides fresh, local products to more than 5 million Texas school members, a program that should be implemented nationally to improve some of the nation’s nutritious food intake. It’s a thing.
Republican lawmakers also support the second Trump administration’s prioritization of nutrition as part of the MAHA agenda.
“As a physician, I can say with certainty that proper nutrition improves patient outcomes 100% of the time. Healthy food is medicine, a cure for many chronic diseases, and a constraint on U.S. health care spending.” The state’s Republican Sen. Roger Marshall told the DCNF in a statement. “America’s farmers set the gold standard for nutritious food, and MAHA’s agenda is to work with farmers and ranchers to make the safest, healthiest food affordable for this country and the world. We will continue to produce at a reasonable price.”
Implementing MAHA’s priorities will likely require authorization of federal agencies, potentially reducing the budget and executive authority of Republican lawmakers. Taking action to combat chronic disease and obesity will also require buy-in from citizens and lawmakers who have lost faith in the ability of institutions to tell the truth and manage crises without compromising individual autonomy.
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said, “The failure of the pandemic response has exposed millions of people to the capture and corruption of government agencies by corporate interests that are supposed to be regulated by federal agencies.” “I was told by the DCNF that I was being targeted.” “As a result, the interests of the public are not fully enjoyed or adequately protected.”
“Intervention of public health authorities The next government will spend a tremendous amount of energy, restore public trust This will be the foundation for the success of the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ effort,” Redfield told DCNF. “Mandatory vaccines was a big mistake. Shutting down the economy was a big mistake. Closing schools was a big mistake. So there’s been a huge loss of trust and trust, and we need to rebuild it. ”
Redfield remains a strong believer in vaccines, calling them “the most important gift to modern medicine,” but he believes that mandating vaccines is a self-defeating approach and that the debate over vaccine safety and effectiveness is He said it should be encouraged, not condemned. (Related: House Republicans call on federal officials to roll back coronavirus vaccine rules)
“I’ve always said Bobby Kennedy was not anti-vaxxer. Bobby Kennedy just wanted honest transparency and discussion about vaccines,” Redfield told DCNF. “We should encourage discussion and debate, and if anyone has questions about looking at the data to determine the safety of vaccines that should not be listed as anti-vaccines, we should encourage that.” It should be listed as wanting an honest and open discussion about what data is.
President Trump: “We’re going to make America healthy again as we secure our borders and rebuild our economy.” said At a campaign event with President Kennedy on Wednesday in Duluth, Georgia. “We have more chronic health problems than any other nation, and more childhood illnesses than just a generation ago. Millions of Americans are worried that something is wrong. We’re starting to realize that by solving this problem, we can not only make our families healthier, we can save trillions of dollars and reduce health care costs.”
“Our food contains thousands of chemicals that are illegal in Europe, but the problem is not the chemicals. The big problem is corruption in federal agencies. It is now owned by Big Pharma, Big Food and Big Agriculture,” Kennedy told the crowd at the same event. “Don’t we want a president who takes chemicals out of our food? And don’t we want a president who cleans corruption from Washington, D.C.? And don’t we want an American president who makes America healthy again?” Isn’t that appropriate?”
Redfield also told DCNF that he is eager to serve in the second Trump administration.
“I’m in the final turn,” Redfield told DCNF. “I will do everything in my power to help the President, Bobby Kennedy, and our country move toward health.”
Kennedy did not respond to DCNF’s request for comment.
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