Christian, Husband, Father, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS for #45, MAHA & MAGA Connector, Adj. Prof. Pepperdine SPP Health Policy/Politics
Jul 21 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🚨@SecKennedy is TAKING ACTION.
A federal investigation just uncovered what many feared:
The U.S. organ transplant system, under past leadership, disregarded the sanctity of human life.
The facts are horrifying.🧵
⚠️ Out of 351 reviewed cases:
– 103 showed serious ethical concerns
– 73 patients had neurological signs incompatible with organ donation
– At least 28 may not have been dead when organ removal began
– Smaller & rural hospitals were most vulnerable
– Families were misled. Deaths misclassified. Consent ignored.
Jun 27 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
🚨 BREAKING: HHS’ Civil Rights Office is investigating Minnesota for allowing biological males to compete in girls’ sports.
Title IX was written to protect women, not erase them. 🧵
The Office for Civil Rights is holding Minnesota accountable for violating Title IX.
Biological males on girls’ teams isn’t inclusion. It’s sex-based discrimination, plain and simple.
Mar 27 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
HHS Reorganization - What to expect & why MAHA should be excited (thread)
1. Creation of the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) - This is brilliant - and a culmination of a number of ideas from Trump 45 & and fresh infusion of ideas from the MAHA team.
There are so many redundancies in areas such as HIV/Infection Disease, chronic illness, mental health and other areas. But combining HRSA / OASH / SAMHSA and other areas, you provide a leadership structure that will require the silos to be eliminated.
Feb 18 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Now that the first round of downsizing has happened at @HHSGov - here are some logical next steps to look for (thread);
1. Legislative Audit: HHS programs, throughout all of the divisions, are a mix of; statutorily required, congressionally guided (through report language), and discretionary. If they truly want to continue downsizing, they would identify programs that are congressionally guided and discretionary for the next wave of reductions.