The GOP senator and former physician expressed misgivings about whether Trump’s controversial HHS pick could be trusted with the public’s health.

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Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana quietly conducted a revealing cross-examination of Kennedy on Wednesday, ahead of the hearing on Thursday that he will lead. He could be a key vote to watch.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, (R, Louisiana) holds a key vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr's HHS Secretary confirmation. When Cassidy asked for a strategy on Medicare and Medicaid, Kennedy could not provide one.

Kennedy Jr. on the first day of his confirmation hearings to be secretary of Health and Human Services wasn’t about his anti-vaccine views or past embrace of conspiracy theories. It was about how Medicare and Medicaid work.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be the nation’s top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined Democrats to raise concerns over the nominee’s deep skepticism of routine

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said “I’m not exactly sure” when asked by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.,) about how care for people who are eligible for Medicare and Medicaid could be integrated.

If you come out unequivocally — ‘vaccines are safe, it does not cause autism’ that would have an incredible impact,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told the HHS nominee.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced skeptical senators Thursday in the second day of his confirmation hearing to lead the department of Health and Human Services, Sen. Bill Cassidy confronted Kennedy about vaccines.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, repeatedly confused Medicare and Medicaid. He also tried to convince senators he was not against vaccines, despite past statements.