In response to a question by Sen. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) about rural hospitals, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would prioritize rural healthcare, which he described as a unifying issue among Republicans and Democrats.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bullish on health tech. Kennedy, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the federal government’s health agencies, wants to use artificial intelligence and telehealth to increase the quality of care for Medicare and Medicaid recipients while reducing costs, he told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.

Kennedy Jr. was the picture of health at his Senate confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary. “I know what a healthy kid looks like,” he said late Wednesday morning in the midst of questioning about the rise in autism diagnoses among American children,