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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The chronic disease rate in our country was around 3% [when…”

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

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RFK Jr., Sec. Brooke Rollins hold press conference on MANA, SNAP waivers

Published | Video Starts at 05:35

Thank you all. Thank you, Secretary Rollins. When I was a little boy living in this city, my uncle was president. I was 10 years old. The chronic disease rate in our country was around 3% [when I was 10 years old]. We spent zero on chronic disease. A chronic disease in our children is up to 60%. We spend about $1.7 trillion a year treating it. (05:35–05:40)

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