U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · SecretaryIn office

Runs federal health programs, public-health agencies, and the Medicare and Medicaid bureaucracy.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was appointed, not elected. This file tracks his money next to the markets he controls.

MedicareMedicaidPublic healthDrug approvals

Official portrait of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Nominated

Nov 14, 2024

by President Trump

Sworn in

Feb 13, 2025

26th Secretary of Health and Human Services

Term

Serves at the President's pleasure

File A - The money · pendingHis federal financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) is not on our books yet. We publish it the day it clears our checks - never before.

File B - The power

What he controls

HHS oversees Medicare, Medicaid, public-health agencies, medical research, and many health rules. Its decisions affect hospitals, insurers, drugmakers, researchers, and families who rely on federal health programs.

File C - Before this office

Career

Riverkeeper attorney · Waterkeeper Alliance cofounder · Children's Health Defense founder