Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would follow the Trump administration’s orders on prescription drug price negotiations, a process that is overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He said he would focus on fighting chronic disease,

In his first confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to distance himself from his past statements on abortion and vaccines

Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on if and how he would reform Medicaid and Medicare during his first confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of Health and Human Services.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for HHS secretary, seemed unfamiliar with the massive insurance program during Thursday’s hearing, mistakenly saying Medicare Part A mainly paid for primary care or physicians.

In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Kennedy seemed to confuse the two government programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.