How long before we start seeing on death certificates something like...
While I doubt that would actually happen ...
Then there's things like this ...
What to know about RFK Jr.'s financial ties with a personal injury law firm (January 2025)
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... Kennedy has made about $2.5 million since 2022 in his work with the law firm, including $850,000 last year, public records show. Kennedy, himself a longtime personal injury lawyer, could earn even more if the litigation against Merck prevails given that he is opting to keep his stake in the pending court case, according to ethics documents filed before his confirmation hearings.
Kennedy has a consulting arrangement to refer cases to Wisner Baum, which is pursuing cases related to the HPV vaccine Gardasil. If Kennedy is confirmed, he said he would resign from that arrangement.
"I am entitled to receive 10% of fees awarded in contingency fee cases referred to the firm," Kennedy stated in his ethics pledge. According to the document, Kennedy will retain an interest in cases that do not involve the U.S. as a party and in which the U.S. does not have a "direct and substantial interest."
At the same time, Kennedy vowed to divest his rights to payment in contingency fee cases in which the U.S. is a party or has a direct or large interest to a "non-dependent, adult family member."
Financial conflict of interest?
Kennedy's plan to continue collecting contingency fees while serving as Health and Human Services secretary raises questions as a matter of ethics and policy, according to Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, "It's very unusual for a cabinet secretary to retain an interest in contingency fee litigation," Clark told CBS MoneyWatch. "It's troubling."
For example, if Kennedy stands to financially gain in lawsuits against Merck or other drugmakers, his impartiality as HHS secretary could face scrutiny if the companies faced a federal enforcement action or submitted a drug for government approval, Clark added. ...