To earn the vote he needed to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a special promise to a U.S.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confirmed today to head up Medicare. Here are five ways his leadership might change your retirement.

One of his advisers previously petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to withdraw the polio vaccine ... and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Many government websites ...

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who suffered from polio as a child before the ... There’s a good chance vaccine coverage under Medicare will not change in the near term. That said, many in ...

The Senate held a final vote on whether to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary after a ...

Kennedy told her he will fight hard for a Lyme disease treatment and believes the polio vaccine is safe ... overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, Kennedy incorrectly answered the basic question ...

Vaccine backers are dubious that Cassidy will have much influence ... Cassidy’s intent to serve as a one-man bulwark against ...

And Senator Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who is a polio survivor ... to correctly identify the different components of Medicare, the health insurance program for tens of millions ...

McConnell, a polio survivor, has stressed the importance for vaccinations. Senate Democrats took to the Senate floor in the hours ahead of Kennedy’s confirmation to air their concerns about Kennedy, a ...