Earlier today, the US Senate voted to confirm Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be to the future health of the American people. Advocates of natural health, for the first time in history, have a champion and ally in one of the highest-ranking health offices in the country. We thank all of our supporters who have taken action in helping RFK Jr.’s confirmation—this wouldn’t have happened without you.
But the work is far from over. We need sustained grassroots support to propel the Make America Health Again agenda forward. That’s again where you come in! We must seize this moment to build momentum for a complete overhaul of how we approach health in this country—shifting from a drug-centric, ‘pill-for-an-ill’ system, to one rooted in prevention, transparency, and informed choice.
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Soon after Kennedy’s was sworn in, President Trump signed an executive order “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission”. The purpose? To investigate and address the root causes of America’s escalating health crisis, with a focus on childhood chronic disease.
This executive order formally kicks off the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda as a central pillar of US government health policy. Depending on how things pan out in the coming weeks and months, this agenda may well have a significant influence on health policies elsewhere in the world. Make the Rest of the World Healthy, or MRWH, doesn’t have the same ring to it. But we could be at the cusp of one of the most significant changes to the way we approach health that any of us will experience in our lifetimes.
Stay tuned for updates on our efforts to transform healthcare in this country. In the meantime, please continue sharing our articles and action alerts widely in your networks.
Find out more about what lies ahead in our book, “The Maha Mandate: Reversing America’s Chronic Disease Epidemic,” co-authored by our executive & scientific director, Rob Verkerk, Ph.D., and our general counsel, Jonathan Emord, J.D.
