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RFK Jr. Is Gutting Public Health Agencies. A Federal Judge Already Called It Illegal.

HHS has fired thousands, killed vaccine research, and purged the CDC advisory committee. A court blocked the worst of it. Congress needs to finish the job.

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What RFK Jr. Has Actually Done

Since taking over HHS in February 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired thousands of CDC, NIH, and FDA employees. NIH alone lost $500 million in mRNA vaccine research contracts. The SSA is at a 60-year staffing low.

He dismissed all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with his own picks. A federal court later found 15 Kennedy appointees on the committee, only 6 with meaningful vaccine expertise. In March 2026, a federal judge ruled the replacements illegal and paused the committee’s work.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats say FDA scientists were coerced into withdrawing two studies that demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine safety.

The Medicaid Hit

$911 billion in Medicaid cuts over a decade — 10 million more people uninsured

The reconciliation law signed July 4, 2025, cuts an estimated $911 billion in federal Medicaid spending over a decade. The CBO projects 10 million more uninsured people. The enhanced FMAP for Medicaid expansion states sunsets January 1, 2026. Work requirements of 80 hours per month kick in January 2027.

  1. July 4, 2025: Reconciliation law signed, $911 billion in Medicaid cuts enacted.
  2. January 1, 2026: Enhanced FMAP for expansion states sunsets. States absorb more cost or cut coverage.
  3. January 2027: Work requirements of 80 hours per month kick in for Medicaid recipients.

States hit hardest: Louisiana, Illinois, Nevada, and Oregon face 19% or greater cuts. Rural states like Kentucky face up to $11 billion in rural Medicaid cuts over ten years. Read more on our Healthcare hub.

What You Can Do

  1. Send the HHS oversight letter on Resistbot asking Congress to hold Kennedy accountable.
  2. Call your senators and ask them to support the court ruling blocking ACIP changes. Ask whether they will demand compliance.
  3. Share this with a nurse, doctor, or public health worker in your life. They are watching this happen in real time and need people backing them up.

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