Casey Means' Surgeon General Nomination Stuck in Senate Limbo

0:00The nomination of 38-year-old physician Casey means for surgeon general is stuck in Senate limbo. Nearly 300 days after president, Trump put her forward in Maine. Despite pushes from the White House and make America healthy against supporters, her bid faces tough resistance over her unfinished surgical training, inactive medical license, and closed ties to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Earlier this week, her confirmation hit fresh hurdles following two legal setbacks for Kennedy's health agenda. To move ahead, she needs every Republican vote on the Senate health, education, labor, and pensions committee. But senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins remain undecided after last month's hearing. Supporters from the Masha movement have flooded the senator's offices with calls, urging backing for means and her focus on lifestyle changes over. Traditional medicine, critics, including former surgeon general Jerome Adams, call her unqualified and point to her vaccine comments that sidesteped firm endorsements for.

1:01Flu and measles shots. Meanwhile, the White House highlights her Stanford background in chronic disease advocacy as key assets. Even if she clears committee, full Senate approval looks shaky, with at least one more Republican leaning no. This drawn-out process, twice the average for Trump's picks, underscores deep health policy divides as the administration keeps fighting for her spot. Vancouver News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.