Lexology February 19, 2025
On Feb. 13, moments after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as secretary of health and human services, President Donald Trump issued his first health care Executive Order (EO) under new leadership, laying the groundwork to prioritize aggressively combatting the rising rates of mental health disorders, obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases. The EO establishes the president’s “Make America Healthy Again Commission,” which Secretary Kennedy will chair. The assistant to the president for domestic policy will also serve as executive director.
The commission is tasked with investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s health crisis, with an initial focus on childhood chronic diseases. It has four main policy directives to reverse the rise of chronic diseases. First, it directs...
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