Healthcare DIVE October 22, 2025
Calley Means stopped short of accusing hospitals, insurers and drug companies from actively working to keep Americans sick, but said it was an “economic fact” that the companies benefit from illness.
LAS VEGAS — A top aide for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made waves at the HLTH conference when he accused players across the healthcare industry of capitalizing off of chronic illnesses and turning a blind eye to potential root causes of the conditions, like diet.
“The problem is that most people in this room are just predominantly making money off more sick patients. And that’s just an economic fact,” Calley Means, an influential advisor to Kennedy, said.
Means spoke on a panel Tuesday about the Make America...
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