RFK Jr’s call to ban TV drug advertisements revives talks of price transparency

Published January 20, 2025 4:00am ET



Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, wants to ban prescription drug advertisements on television, a sharp contrast to the Republican Party’s firm support of free speech.

At a rally for Trump in November, Kennedy said, “One of the things I’m going to advise Donald Trump to do in order to correct the chronic disease epidemic is to ban pharmaceutical advertising on TV.”

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