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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Obesity is costing 80% of Medicaid and Medicare dollars.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:10

Yes, we are. When will we see something? Well, the delay in it has been that one of the big enemies, as you point out, Obesity is costing 80% of Medicaid and Medicare dollars. One of the big problems is ultra processed food. And there has been no federal definition or any usable definition. We've now worked out a definition. There are other. (05:10–05:14)

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Asserts that obesity accounts for 80% of Medicaid and Medicare spending.

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