RFK Jr.'s Year as Health Secretary: 'Mixed Results'
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- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the top job at U.S. health agencies "a year and some change ago" on a "Make America Healthy Again" platform, and STAT+ is running an updated tracker (as of June 11, 2026) of his progress converting those pledges into action
- STAT+ frames the early outcomes of Kennedy's health-agency tenure as "mixed," signaling a gap between the MAHA campaign's sweeping rhetoric and the policy record so far
- Kennedy pushed back on social media, posting on X that his "unprecedented list of accomplishments on a wide range of issues, all of which I drove" is proof of his attentiveness to the role
Why it matters: A year into Kennedy's leadership of federal health agencies, the STAT+ tracker offers the most systematic public scorecard of which MAHA promises have been delivered, stalled, or abandoned — a reference point for the public-health workforce, industry, and patients navigating policy shifts at agencies he controls.
