Kristina Peterson

The Surgeon General is tasked with providing health advice. I think we've seen them sometimes really embrace that as a bully pulpit and be able to push certain messages out to the public. So in this instance, you know, she already has a following, but this would for sure give her a broader audience experience.

The Surgeon General is tasked with providing health advice. I think we've seen them sometimes really embrace that as a bully pulpit and be able to push certain messages out to the public. So in this instance, you know, she already has a following, but this would for sure give her a broader audience experience.

The Surgeon General is tasked with providing health advice. I think we've seen them sometimes really embrace that as a bully pulpit and be able to push certain messages out to the public. So in this instance, you know, she already has a following, but this would for sure give her a broader audience experience.

So Callie Means has been a top Kennedy aide since the summer. He is the co-founder of a company called TruMed, whose affiliated doctors can affirm that wellness products are medically necessary so customers can buy them with health savings accounts.

So Callie Means has been a top Kennedy aide since the summer. He is the co-founder of a company called TruMed, whose affiliated doctors can affirm that wellness products are medically necessary so customers can buy them with health savings accounts.

So Callie Means has been a top Kennedy aide since the summer. He is the co-founder of a company called TruMed, whose affiliated doctors can affirm that wellness products are medically necessary so customers can buy them with health savings accounts.

I mean, would you... Can that be characterized as a conflict of interest at all? I mean, I think I would have to defer to like a lawyer on that. Fair. But it is... I mean, he is a special government employee, so the rules are a little different for him. And he, you know, HHS has said that everyone has abided by the ethics laws.

I mean, would you... Can that be characterized as a conflict of interest at all? I mean, I think I would have to defer to like a lawyer on that. Fair. But it is... I mean, he is a special government employee, so the rules are a little different for him. And he, you know, HHS has said that everyone has abided by the ethics laws.

I mean, would you... Can that be characterized as a conflict of interest at all? I mean, I think I would have to defer to like a lawyer on that. Fair. But it is... I mean, he is a special government employee, so the rules are a little different for him. And he, you know, HHS has said that everyone has abided by the ethics laws.

Well, what's interesting is that he's really pushed back on this idea that she's not qualified because she didn't, for example, complete her surgical residency. And he has said, well, that's what makes her the best person for this job, that she has been a skeptic and that she didn't just swallow the traditional medical orthodoxy.

Well, what's interesting is that he's really pushed back on this idea that she's not qualified because she didn't, for example, complete her surgical residency. And he has said, well, that's what makes her the best person for this job, that she has been a skeptic and that she didn't just swallow the traditional medical orthodoxy.

Well, what's interesting is that he's really pushed back on this idea that she's not qualified because she didn't, for example, complete her surgical residency. And he has said, well, that's what makes her the best person for this job, that she has been a skeptic and that she didn't just swallow the traditional medical orthodoxy.

So he's really leaning into that as part of his defense.

So he's really leaning into that as part of his defense.

So he's really leaning into that as part of his defense.

I think what struck me the most was that RFK really has emphasized over and over again how much he wanted to weed out all conflicts of interest. So he really has made that a central core point. And so that's why it does strike me as interesting that so many people who do have companies in the health and wellness space are involved in his administration one way or another.

I think what struck me the most was that RFK really has emphasized over and over again how much he wanted to weed out all conflicts of interest. So he really has made that a central core point. And so that's why it does strike me as interesting that so many people who do have companies in the health and wellness space are involved in his administration one way or another.

I think what struck me the most was that RFK really has emphasized over and over again how much he wanted to weed out all conflicts of interest. So he really has made that a central core point. And so that's why it does strike me as interesting that so many people who do have companies in the health and wellness space are involved in his administration one way or another.

And it may not be a full conflict of interest, but the experts that I spoke to said it does at least give the appearance of some intermingling of interests. RFK's rise and the attention to the Make America Healthy Again movement generally gives people involved in this space more of a bigger audience, more attention to these issues.

And it may not be a full conflict of interest, but the experts that I spoke to said it does at least give the appearance of some intermingling of interests. RFK's rise and the attention to the Make America Healthy Again movement generally gives people involved in this space more of a bigger audience, more attention to these issues.