RFK Jr. Claims He Can’t Hear as He Falls Apart in Senate Hearing
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy could not cough the answer while pressing about the actions of Trump administration about the actions of the elderly to increase drug prices for the elderly, and a senator was amazed.
On Thursday, he witnessed the Senate Finance Committee, while Kennedy was asked to be given to Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Carved outputs for high -cost cancer drugs Trump’s Medicare Price Reduction Negotiations in Behemoth budget bill.
“So my question is that you justify to claim to claim to take great medication while supporting a bill that costs the lives of cancer patients who cost bills to the elderly and taxpayers from the medicare negotiation, elderly and taxpayers, such as Mr. Secretary, Keytruda and other cancer drugs?”
Kennedy added that the planned price reduction negotiations put forward in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Law were “very well -intentioned, but weakly structured ve and that previous negotiations increase medicare prices.
Cortez Masto said Kennedy’s allegations did not match the findings of the Congress Budget Office. Trump and other Republicans spent months discredit CBO’s findings on the effects of the president Calamitous budget bill. “CBO doesn’t say that, on the contrary. So do you say that CBO and independent agencies that confirm costs are wrong?”
Kennedy claimed that the data is from Medicaid and Medicare Services or CMS centers.
Nevada Democrat did not have mercy, and when it was pressed why these drugs were exempted by Trump’s legislation, Kennedy said that this provision was not “sure”.
“Your agency is responsible for this negotiation and you don’t know it?” Cortez Masto asked incredibly.
Cortez tried to be specific and asked Kennedy if he knew how much people were registered. Medicare Section D and section B was expected to pay for prescription drug costs next year.
Every question emerged from Kennedy. Orum I think it is in discussion right now ”and even“ I don’t know ”stuttering answers.
Cortez Masto announced that prices are expected to increase up to $ 50 per month for section D records. Department of registered persons can wait for price increases 11.6 percent or $ 21.50 more every month. Medicare premiums were expected to have the largest one -year price increase in decades, because the Trump administration reduced the federal subsidies that reduce costs.
Cortez Masto then tried to simplify the question even more. “My question is: What are you doing to keep the costs low for the elderly?” Cortez Masto pressed. Kennedy faded.
“I mean, I’m already doing – I’m already lowering costs,” he said.
“What are you doing to keep the costs low for the elderly knowing that these costs will increase?” He asked again.
Kennedy a Program Integrity InvoiceCMS says it can reduce premiums by 5 percent (CBO claims to be closer to 0.6 percent). “And does this affect the elderly?” Cortez Masto pressed again.
“Excuse me?” Said Kennedy.
“Does this affect the elderly?” Mı Does this affect the elderly? You talked about what, you reduce costs, does this affect the elderly?
“Does it affect?” Kennedy said, even if he had heard that he had repeated the same question several times, he looked confused. Im I didn’t hear the problem, ”he shouted.
While the microphones of the senators were cut at different moments during the trial of Kennedy on Thursday, this was not the case during Cortez Masto’s inquiry. Kennedy seems clear – there was nothing wise to say.
