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Brian Christine | 06-23-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 2: the time.
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  Speaker 1: We got Ron Christine on the from the front. He
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  Speaker 1: is the assistant a Secretary of the Health and Human
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  Speaker 1: Services Department. Uh, slow summer for you guys. I'm just kidding, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Secretary christ I mean, this is a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things going on. What's the number one focus right
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  Speaker 1: now at HHS because it seems like in addition to
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  Speaker 1: health crises, also battling fraud is a big part of
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  Speaker 1: your agenda, which of course will help our health crises
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  Speaker 1: if we can get more money to the who really
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  Speaker 1: need it.
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  Speaker 4: Right, Absolutely, the President has made clear that battling fraud
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  Speaker 4: and abuse across the country is certainly something that's tremendously important.
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  Speaker 4: Huge amounts of money being lost on fraud, taxpayer money.
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  Speaker 4: We know here the Department of Health and Human Services
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  Speaker 4: Secretary Kennedy along with doctor oz At CMS have really
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  Speaker 4: been cracking down on this. I think it's a tremendous
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  Speaker 4: win for the country when this happens when the President
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  Speaker 4: leads us forward and Secretary Kennedy advances that agenda, because
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  Speaker 4: so much money is lost with fraud and abuse in
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  Speaker 4: the healthcare system. So you're right, that's incredibly important. So
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  Speaker 4: that's been a big focus. Obviously, we have the World
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  Speaker 4: Cup Games going on. It's going to be a tremendous
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  Speaker 4: success for the country. There has been concern about with
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  Speaker 4: the ebola outbreak and the Democratic Republic of Congo and
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  Speaker 4: Uganda going on, But I will tell you John that
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  Speaker 4: we are doing everything right to protect American citizens and
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  Speaker 4: to keep ebola out of the United States. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: from the first when we first learned about the ebola
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  Speaker 4: outbreak in DRC in the Congo, HHS was on it. Immediately.
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  Speaker 4: We began sending supplies to that part of the world
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  Speaker 4: to help contain the outbreak in that area and to
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  Speaker 4: stop it spread to other countries, but most importantly, really
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  Speaker 4: focused on preventing ebola from reaching the United States. That's
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  Speaker 4: our main concern, that's the President's main concern, Secretary Kennedy's
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  Speaker 4: main concern, and my main concern. We've been using our
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  Speaker 4: Public Health Service officers, my Commission Corps officers over in
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  Speaker 4: that part of the world to set up a quarantine
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  Speaker 4: facility for American citizens, an amazing collaboration between HHS, Public
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  Speaker 4: Health Service and the Department of War. So again, we're
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  Speaker 4: doing everything to keep ebola out of the United States
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  Speaker 4: so that we can enjoy the World Cup event. So
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  Speaker 4: so you're right, a lot going on.
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  Speaker 1: This summer, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Brian
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  Speaker 1: Christine on the phone with us. You know, it's been
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  Speaker 1: an attack on your whole department and your boss, Robert
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy Junior. Since day one. We've been told that everyone's
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  Speaker 1: going to die from all these things that are going
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  Speaker 1: to break out because RFK Junior only wants to kill vaccines.
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  Speaker 1: None of that has happened, but you know, they keep trying,
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  Speaker 1: the news media making a big deal about this flu
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  Speaker 1: outbreak at this military base, and I looked at the
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  Speaker 1: numbers and it's no higher a percentage of flu in
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  Speaker 1: that military base and it is in the general population.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how do you continue to fight back against
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  Speaker 1: these doomsayers that are really trying to underman It's one
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  Speaker 1: thing to undermine you guys personally and politically, but this
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  Speaker 1: undermines our health, the people, how they feel about their
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  Speaker 1: health and what they do about their health.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is not to be played with in
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  Speaker 2: my opinion.
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  Speaker 4: No, you're exactly right. And listen, from day one, there
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  Speaker 4: have been those with the worst forms of Trump derangement
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  Speaker 4: syndrome who've attacked the president and by extension, they're then
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  Speaker 4: going to attack individuals in whom the President has placed
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  Speaker 4: confidence in, for example, Secretary Kennedy. Listen, Secretary Kennedy, he
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  Speaker 4: didn't have to take this job on. He cares tremendously
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  Speaker 4: about this country. He cares tremendously about the health health
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  Speaker 4: to every man, woman and child. He has done amazing
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  Speaker 4: things during his time here as Secretary at HHS, with
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  Speaker 4: our dietary guidelines, with the Gender Dysphoria and Miners Report,
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  Speaker 4: with the focus he has made on getting Americans healthier,
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  Speaker 4: eating healthier food, moving, getting active, fighting obesity. Listen, RFK
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  Speaker 4: is a tough man. He can take it. He has courage.
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  Speaker 4: Look what he announced. What's this last week's over seven
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  Speaker 4: hundred million dollars being spent toward fighting addiction and mental
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  Speaker 4: health concerns in America. He's been so courageous talking about
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  Speaker 4: his own battles with addictions in his multi decades sobriety.
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  Speaker 4: This man is ready for the fight and he ain't
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  Speaker 4: backing down.
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  Speaker 1: Secretary Assistant Secretary Brian Christine on the phone, Health and
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  Speaker 1: Human Services. Now, let's get to the thing that I
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  Speaker 1: know really concerns John them.
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  Speaker 2: And ms emms. We're getting health Eminem's.
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  Speaker 3: But Amazon is getting you right now in August, but
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  Speaker 3: we have to wait for the super BOXX to get
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  Speaker 3: him in twenty twenty eight, twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'll tell you that's a there's your concern. There,
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  Speaker 4: there's the pressing issue. But I tell you what this
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  Speaker 4: does speak to. This speaks to the fact that since
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  Speaker 4: President Trump has taken office, and since Secretary Kennedy has
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  Speaker 4: been placed as Secretary at AHHS, we really are focusing
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  Speaker 4: on getting America healthier than she's ever been. We're focusing
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  Speaker 4: on diabetes, We're focusing on chronic disease, heart disease, obesity,
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  Speaker 4: and to your point, listen, this is touching all spectrum,
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  Speaker 4: all ends of the American populace and all parts of
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  Speaker 4: our culture, focusing on how we need to get healthier,
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  Speaker 4: eat better, real food, exercise, get active, get moving. This
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  Speaker 4: is a movement that can't be contained. And the naysayers
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  Speaker 4: can say what they want they but they can't stop
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  Speaker 4: our movement, the movement under President Trump, Secretary Kennedy, and
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  Speaker 4: myself in OZ and others, We're marching forward.
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  Speaker 2: Sir, this is Fernando Mateo. Excuse that I call.
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  Speaker 3: You Brian, but I want to One of the things,
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  Speaker 3: one of the messages that has not gone out there
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  Speaker 3: is the fact that the President is making the medication affordable.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the word affordability.
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  Speaker 3: Has to be used a lot more in this administration
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  Speaker 3: because the President is doing and creating situations where medication
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  Speaker 3: is the prices are coming down, okay. And the fact
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  Speaker 3: that he selected Secretary Kennedy to lead this, it shows
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  Speaker 3: that he reached across the aisle, bought a Democrat into
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  Speaker 3: the White House and put his full faith and effort
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  Speaker 3: to make sure that the Secretary Kennedy succeeds. So let's
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  Speaker 3: talk about all of the affordability programs that the President
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  Speaker 3: has also put in place, not just keeping America healthy
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  Speaker 3: and making America healthy again, but making America healthy with
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  Speaker 3: affordable medication.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely. Absolutely, you're speaking of course about Trump Rix. Exactly
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  Speaker 4: what we are doing, what the President and Secretary Kennedy
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  Speaker 4: are doing and have done and continue to do, is
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  Speaker 4: linking Americans with the most affordable drug options for prescription drugs.
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  Speaker 4: Are now also generics doing everything they can do to
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  Speaker 4: lower the cost of health care. That is a daily
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  Speaker 4: battle with us here at HHS lowering the cost of
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  Speaker 4: healthcare for every man, woman, and child. Trumparx dot com
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  Speaker 4: is a beautiful example. I'm glad you brought that.
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  Speaker 3: Let's promote it more, Let's talk about it more. Let's
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  Speaker 3: you know, every every American is on medication, right, so
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  Speaker 3: let the people know medication is affordable today because of
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  Speaker 3: President Trump.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, and so forums like this, it's one of the
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  Speaker 4: reasons we really enjoy and I personally really enjoy doing
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  Speaker 4: this kind of thing, having these these conversations because this
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  Speaker 4: is how we let America know the great things that
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  Speaker 4: we're doing in this administration and Trump, OURX and the
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  Speaker 4: most affordable drug pricing is going to change this country.
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  Speaker 4: It's changing it now, it'll change it going forward. No
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  Speaker 4: longer are we going to be subsidizing other countries so
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  Speaker 4: they can pay low prices. We're paying the lowest prices
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  Speaker 4: we can because of President Trump and Secretary Kennedy. Great point,
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  Speaker 4: and I'm glad you brought that up.
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  Speaker 1: Admiral if we forgot to give you your military rank.
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  Speaker 1: Admiral Brian Christine, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us. Please send us
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  Speaker 1: now against Ebulla and some of the other threats.
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