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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Today we spend 4.3 trillion a year [on chronic disease], and…”

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

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Growing up, watching him and seeing him with that powerful memorial to his sister was really touching. Tell us about that ad and what you hope its impact will be. Today we spend 4.3 trillion a year [on chronic disease], and it is about 40 cents out of every taxpayer dollar. that's collected is going to treat diet induced chronic diseases. And a lot of these diseases can be cured. For example, we were talking about juvenile diabetes. (09:00–09:11)

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