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Criticism of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of Health and Human Services, is growing in the wake of contentious congressional hearings about vaccine policy and staff upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The specialty pharmacy company was founded after Walgreens went private last month following its acquisition by Sycamore Partners.

The Trump administration fired US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez just weeks into her tenure and several senior leaders have resigned, as disputes with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy exploded into the open on Wednesday.

A federal district court judge in Maryland temporarily paused several provisions of the Trump administration’s regulatory changes to the Affordable Care Act that were set to take effect on Monday.

By educating plan members about self-funding, their self-funded status, and how it impacts them, health care costs are better controlled. 

The staff reductions came after U.S. District Judge Melissa R. DuBose revised her previous injunction in which she said the firings likely were unlawful.