How Healthy and Human Services – HHS Impacts Our Health, Our Economy And Our Security

Brian Castrucci _Contributor

Brian Castrucci is the president & CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation.Follow

0

Jan 28, 2025,04:10pm EST

Updated Jan 29, 2025, 04:06pm EST

Until this week’s confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, health has been overshadowed by other issues. Even the recent news about the pause of communications from HHS and other health agencies has not been top of mind for most people.

[46] But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. [47] Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. [48] If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

John 11 : 46-48

The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from  the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude.
The agencies of evil are combining their forces, and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.—Testimonies, vol. 9, p 11. (1909). Ev 31.5 – Ev 32.1

But with the confirmation hearings this week, it’s a good time to consider the programs and functions HHS and its secretary oversee and how that work affects citizens across the country. The department’s work affects the young and old, the healthy and sick, the insured and the uninsured.

[6] And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. [7] Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. [8] Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

Daniel 3 : 6-8

The Holy Father expressed appreciation for the title of the conference that, he noted, is from his encyclical Fratelli tutti and from a 2014 speech addressed to participants in a world meeting of Popular Movements.
“On that occasion,” he said: “Solidarity is a word that is not always liked; […] but it is a word that expresses much more than a few sporadic acts of generosity. It is thinking and acting in terms of community, of prioritising the lives of all over the appropriation of goods by a few. It is also to fight against the structural causes of poverty, inequality, lack of work, land and housing, denial of social and labour rights. It is to confront the destructive effects of the empire of money: forced displacement, painful migration, human trafficking, drugs, war, violence […].”
“Solidarity, understood in its deepest sense, is a way of making history.”
Focusing on the crucial role of the community, he quoted an Italian jurist, Paolo Grossi who said “The community is always a rescue for the weak and gives voice even to those who have no voice at all.”

“Roman Catholic Principles will be taken under the protection of the state” Ellen G White

Robert F. Kennedy Jr U.S._ Cabinet, the secretary of HHS serves as a trusted advisor to the president on the nation’s health and well-being

As a member of the U.S. Cabinet, the secretary of HHS serves as a trusted advisor to the president on the nation’s health and well-being. These decisions and recommendations can have a wide-ranging impact, touching countless aspects of American life.

Wine of Babylon _- Chosen Intruments, Vessels or Temple of God

[1] Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. [2] Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. [3] Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
Daniel 5 : 1-3
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Revelation 17 : 2And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 17 : 5

Unfaithful HHS SERVANTS SMITE BRETHREN

For example, HHS helps provide health insurance for 1 in 3 Americans through Medicare and Medicaid. The Food and Drug Administration and other agencies help ensure the safety of the nation’s food supply, drugs and medical devices. Among other priorities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors emerging diseases and funds work in communities across the country to make people healthier. The National Institutes of Health funds medical research that seeks cures for a wide range of diseases. Other parts of HHS provide essentials like food for qualified seniors and hearing aids for people with low incomes.

But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

2 Kings 1 : 3

The days are fast approaching when there will be great perplexity and confusion. Satan, clothed in angel robes, will deceive, if possible, the very elect. There will be gods many and lords many. Every wind of doctrine will be blowing. Those who have rendered supreme homage to “science falsely so called” will not be the leaders then. Those who have trusted to intellect, genius, or talent will not then stand at the head of rank and file. They did not keep pace with the light. Those who have proved themselves unfaithful will not then be entrusted with the flock. In the last solemn work few great men will be engaged. They are self-sufficient, independent of God, and He cannot use them. The Lord has faithful servants, who in the shaking, testing time will be disclosed to view. There are precious ones now hidden who have not bowed the knee to Baal 5T 80.1

Testimonies for the Church 5 by Ellen G White

[1] If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, [2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; [3] Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. [4] Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deuteronomy 13 : 1-4

The Health department agency oversees 13 divisions with 10 regional offices,_- Role of Robert F. Kennedy Jr

In all, the department oversees 13 divisions with 10 regional offices that in total employ more than 80,000 workers. And the HHS secretary is the quarterback — coordinating plays between federal, state and local authorities, and setting policy that helps address current health needs and future threats.

The agency is the nation’s largest grantmaker, with a significant amount of federal funding supporting programs at the state and local levels, including Medicaid costs, block grants states use for a variety of programs and emergency funding for things like infectious diseases, natural disasters and opioid programs.

Last Wars and Rumors of Consolidation of Agencies

The impact of HHS goes well beyond health, impacting education, labor, housing and nutrition through partnership with agencies including the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The work of HHS — and its leader — demonstrates how deeply interconnected the factors that shape our nation’s health are, and how much they depend on shared responsibility and shared purpose.

The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude.
The agencies of evil are combining their forces, and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.—Testimonies, vol. 9, p 11. (1909). Ev 31.5 – Ev 32.1

A cough or a sneeze in the Northeast can quickly become a problem in the Southwest.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 25 : 32

Consider this: when COVID-19 hit, hospitals in some regions quickly became overwhelmed, leading to resource shortages elsewhere. Supply chain issues from manufacturers in one place made it hard for rural clinics and urban hospitals across the nation to get basic protective equipment for staff. We saw firsthand how the health of one community can quickly ripple across the country. A cough or a sneeze in the Northeast can quickly become a problem in the Southwest.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.” While these prophecies received a partial fulfillment at the destruction of Jerusalem, they have a more direct application to the last days.
We are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Prophecy is fast fulfilling. The Lord is at the door. There is soon to open before us a period of overwhelming interest to all living. The controversies of the past are to be revived; new controversies will arise. The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of. Satan is at work through human agencies. Those who are making an effort to change the Constitution and secure a law enforcing Sunday observance little realize what will be the result. A crisis is just upon us.
But God’s servants are not to trust to themselves in this great emergency.  5T 753.1 – 5T 753.3

Testimonies for the Church vol 5 by Ellen G White

A public health crisis, much like a hurricane or wildfire, is never just someone else’s problem. A suspected act of bioterrorism in Michigan would launch simultaneous conversations about surveillance, preparedness and containment in other states. A measles or bird flu outbreak in Texas would raise alarms across the country.

“Solidarity, understood in its deepest sense, is a way of making history.”
Focusing on the crucial role of the community, he quoted an Italian jurist, Paolo Grossi who said “The community is always a rescue for the weak and gives voice even to those who have no voice at all.”

Pope’s Fratelli Tutti Doctrine

Yes, Americans are independent people who make a lot of our own decisions regarding what’s best for ourselves and our families, but our health is inextricably linked. HHS is one of the departments ensuring those connections are managed in ways that can make us all safer and healthier.

Pope’s Common Good Synodality Doctrinal Disease

Discussions about health funding, policy and agency leadership aren’t just political debates happening in Washington, D.C. When a child receives routine vaccinations at a community clinic, or a senior in a rural area gets a meal delivered, HHS is behind the scenes, funding and coordinating these critical efforts. In fact, it’s not an exaggeration to say that decisions made by the administration, and especially HHS leaders, will have a direct impact on the lives of every American across the country.

Science is not a sport – we don’t have winners and losers. Decisions made by HHS and the many agencies it oversees will impact our collective health, our economic strength and our national security.

Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Brian Castrucci