Trump to appoint United Healthcare-funded lobbyist to top position in apparent rebuke of RFK Jr's agenda

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Source: The Independent

Trump to appoint United Healthcare-funded lobbyist to top position in apparent rebuke of RFK Jr’s agenda

Don Dempsey reportedly in frame to serve as Office of Management and Budget’s leading health offical, a role that would hand him sweeping powers to rein in Kennedy’s ambitions

Joe Sommerlad
Thursday 23 January 2025 17:38 GMT

Donald Trump is reportedly set to appoint a prominent healthcare industry lobbyist to his new administration in a move that could potentially tee up a power struggle with Robert F Kennedy Jr, his controversial nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

According to The Financial Times, the new president has Don Dempsey in mind to be his top health official at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Dempsey is the current head of policy and research at Better Medicare Alliance, a lobby group that advocates for an alternative to the federal Medicare program and that is funded by insurance companies, including UnitedHealth and Humana.

He previously served in the OMB in a human resources capacity during Trump’s first term in the White House and has also worked as a lobbyist for CVS Health.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-don-dempsey-rfk-jr-healthcare-b2685207.html

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