Braver Angels Debate: "RFK Jr. & Healthcare"

Debate Topic:
Resolved: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will advance the health of the American people."

About this Event:
The US has poorer health and shorter life expectancy than most other high-income countries, beginning at birth and extending across childhood and adult life. How can healthcare and health outcomes in the United States be improved?

Robert Kennedy Jr. and the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement believe they know how, and many Americans agree with them. They suggest, for example, we eliminate contaminated and ultraprocessed foods, fight back against the profit-driven Pharma and medical industry that depends on sick Americans, and consider alternative and holistic approaches.

Other Americans believe that Kennedy and MAHA are promoting anti-scientific “wellness”, untruths and conspiracy theories. They argue that RFK Jr. and MAHA are ignoring the benefits of existing scientific discoveries and treatments, and giving short shrift to more significant priorities and inequities impacting health: food and housing insecurity, poor access to medical care, smoking, and firearms, among others.
With trust in public health and medical care the lowest it has been in decades, we Americans have to decide whom we believe and whom we trust—with our lives and our children’s lives.

Join Braver Angels Thurs July 31 @ 8 pm EDT. We want to hear what YOU believe in our debate on the topic – Resolved: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will advance the health of the American people.

Come join us for this free national debate, in which all participants from across the ideological spectrum will have an opportunity to speak and ask their questions. Tell us what you have experienced and what you think.

Register on the Eventbrite page and the Zoom link will be emailed to you a couple of days prior to the event. Keep an eye out!

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Registering for the Online Debate:
This is a FREE event; however, you will need to register for it. Go to the following Eventbrite link & fill out the registration form:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-debate-rfk-jr-health-registration-1404995552519?discount=BRAVER

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