RFK Jr., MAHA Rhetoric Put Health Responsibility on Individuals. Some Patients Feel Blamed for Illnesses.

Gov. Stitt and RFK Jr. pledge to ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again.’ Their policies signal the opposite • Oklahoma Voice

Gov. Kevin Stitt, center, speaks about his plans to "Make Oklahoma Healthy Again," as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation's secretary of health, and other supporters listen on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/Oklahoma Voice)Imagine this: a TV drama where a patient is being pushed through an emergency room by people in scrubs. Lights are blinking, alarms are sounding. Rounding the corner, the camera zooms in on an operating thea…

RFK Jr., MAHA rhetoric put health responsibility on individuals. Some patients feel blamed for illnesses.

In their zeal to "Make America Healthy Again," top Trump administration officials depict patients and the doctors who treat them as partly responsible for whatever ails them.