(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A three-day conference filled with major policy ideas and goals wrapped up this weekend as state and federal leaders all gathered in Olympic City, U.S.A.
The final day of the National Governors Association’s (NGA) summer meeting brought Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Colorado Springs, where he highlighted his “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.
“We pay 2 to 3 times more for health care than any of the European countries, and we have the worst health outcomes of any country in the world,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy says he is focused on changing the national food guidelines to promote healthier foods in places like schools, while also removing dyes from food.
“It will give everybody the rationale for driving it into our schools, it will change diets and prison populations in the military and elsewhere,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy also spoke on working with states to share medical data collected through Medicaid. He says he wants to share the data with independent scientists to aid in medical research.
“If there’s five different GLP drugs or five different diabetes drugs, let’s look at the long-term health outcomes of those and see which one of them has the lowest all-cause mortality and the highest efficacy, and we can’t do that right now,” Kennedy said.
Meanwhile, Colorado Governor Jared Polis officially passed the torch on Saturday, July 26, as he is now the former chair of the NGA. Polis made way for Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to take the reins for his year-long term.
“We have the responsibility to shape the trajectory of our nation,” Stitt said.
During his remarks on Saturday, Stitt announced his initiative to reignite the American dream by focusing on education, A.I., and economic development.
“States should foster a business-friendly environment for entrepreneurs to create jobs, and this is accomplished with pro-business policies and fewer regulations,” Stitt said.
Polis will still be on the executive committee of the NGA as the former chair before his term as Colorado’s governor ends in 2026.
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