Cassidy, Blunt Rochester grill NIH director on Denmark fixation: ‘That’s a crazy idea’

 https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5721096-bhattacharya-denmark-health-policy/?tbref=hp

Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) on Tuesday questioned a top Trump health official on the administration modeling policy around Denmark, a largely homogeneous country of just over 6 million people.

“Now if we pattern after the place that is wealthy, we’re not meeting the needs of those that are poor,” Cassidy said, pounding his fists into the hearing desk. “I have to admit, I was kind of like, ‘What? We’re like Denmark?’ I was just kind of like that’s a crazy idea.”

Cassidy, a longtime physician prior to being elected to Congress, has repeatedly butted heads with Kennedy when it comes to vaccine policy changes. Cassidy voted to confirm Kennedy as HHS secretary despite his long history of promoting vaccine skepticism.