"Sabotage": Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has lost 75% of its staff under the Trump administration, seen its grant program largely cancelled, and is refusing to spend tens of millions of dollars appropriated by Congress. Health policy experts Aaron Carroll and David Atkins warn that the agency’s ability to improve patient safety, care quality, and health-care disparities is now in jeopardy, casting doubt on its survival beyond the current administration.