羅伯特·F·甘迺迪宣誓就任美國衛生與公眾服務部部長

羅伯特·F·甘迺迪(Robert F. Kennedy Jr.),這位反疫苗活動家及前民主黨總統候選人,於2025年2月13日星期四在橢圓形辦公室宣誓就任美國衛生與公眾服務部(HHS)部長。總統唐納德·特朗普讚揚甘迺迪的「巨大支持」和忠誠,並指出甘迺迪的支持者聯盟在甘迺迪放棄總統競選並加入政府後,增強了特朗普自己的支持基礎。

甘迺迪的提名以52比48的投票結果在參議院獲得通過,這標誌著共和黨的重大轉變,該黨歷史上一直與醫療保健和製藥行業保持一致。甘迺迪長期以來一直是這些行業的直言不諱的批評者,指責食品和藥物管理局(FDA)及國家衛生研究院(NIH)等機構存在腐敗和企業影響力。在他的確認聽證會上,甘迺迪誓言要在HHS內部實施「徹底的透明度」並「終結腐敗」,承諾將公共健康置於企業利益之上。

甘迺迪的議程包括禁止直接面向消費者的藥品廣告、審查食品添加劑和環境化學物質,以及徹底改革疫苗政策。他還承諾解僱NIH的數百名員工,聲稱該機構過於強調傳染病而忽視了慢性病。儘管他在疫苗問題上的立場備受爭議,甘迺迪否認自己是反疫苗者,而是主張「知情同意」和安全測試。

確認過程充滿爭議,民主黨人一致反對甘迺迪,原因是他反疫苗的觀點以及與特朗普的聯盟。然而,共和黨人大多支持他的提名,認為這是將甘迺迪的「讓美國再次健康」(Make America Healthy Again)運動納入共和黨陣營的一種方式。甘迺迪的支持者,即MAHA,在向搖擺不定的參議員施壓以支持他的確認過程中發揮了重要作用。

甘迺迪缺乏管理經驗,對HHS複雜項目的熟悉程度也可能在他接手這項價值2萬億美元的聯邦健康項目時帶來挑戰。然而,他與特朗普的密切關係以及政府削減聯邦健康機構員工並控制健康數據的更廣泛努力,可能為他提供實施其議程所需的影響力。

隨著甘迺迪上任,公共衛生專家和行業團體對他的計劃保持警惕,這些計劃可能會嚴重擾亂國家的醫療保健系統。他的確認代表了特朗普政府重塑聯邦健康政策的關鍵時刻,甘迺迪處於這一雄心勃勃且備受爭議的變革中心。

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