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Senate hearing deteriorates as Kennedy Jr. struggles with questions

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has struggled to answer questions at his senate confirmation hearing about how he’d reform Medicaid or Medicare, the government health care programs used by millions of disabled, poor and older Americans.
Kennedy inaccurately claims Medicaid is fully paid for by the federal government when states and federal taxpayers fund it.
Kennedy’s hearing Wednesday to be the nation’s top health official quickly devolved into an argument over the questions he’s raised for years about vaccine safety.