Kennedy reveals autism research plan using Medicare and Medicaid data
Listen to the article HEALTH: US Federal Health Services will develop a national database of patients with autism recorded in Medicare and Medicaid, Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy JR, said Wednesday. The initiative aims to support the research on the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and could later be expanded to include other chronic diseases, according to the department. Kennedy, who publicly supported an unreliable theory that connects vaccines to autism, said the effort would bring “complete transparency and accountability” and offers families that expected answers. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Medicare and
