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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “About 10% of our food stamp expenditures go for soda drinks.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:02

We're doing the snap waivers. 12 states have already gotten SNAP waivers, which we're encouraging. There are six states in line for them right now. These are food stamp waivers. About 10% of our food stamp expenditures go for soda drinks. About 8% go for candies and sweets. And so we're giving the poorest Americans diabetes from when they're little. And we are paying for the diabetes through Medicaid. (05:02–05:07)

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