RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them. By Amanda Seitz Video by Hannah Norman February 13, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rfk-jr-robert-kennedy-vaccines-broken-promises-senators-cassidy/ KFF Health News: RFK Jr. Made Promises In Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many Of Them One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of the promises he made while appealing to U.S. senators concerned about the longtime anti-vaccine activist’s plans for the nation’s care. Kennedy squeaked through a narrow Senate vote to be confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, only after making a number of public and private guarantees about how he would handle vaccine funding and recommendations as secretary. (Seitz, 2/13)