Overhaul of Key Federal Health Panel Could Erode Public Health, Affordability in Favor of Political Ideology

Overhaul of Key Federal Health Panel Could Erode Public Health, Affordability in Favor of Political Ideology

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Sept. 18, 2026  Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org    BOSTON, MA — Following the news that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed several new members to the traditionally scientifically independent…

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