Calley Means Roasts Big Food & Big Pharma Lobbyists At The 2025 Semafor World Economy Summit

Calley Means participated in an interview at the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025, which took place in Washington, D.C., from April 23–25, 2025. Coverage of his appearance, including insights and quotes, is available in a Semafor article summarizing Day 3 of the summit, where Means was featured as a speaker among other policymakers and CEOs discussing health and the global economy. To access the interview and related content, visit the Semafor website's article titled "Views from policymakers and CEOs on health and the global economy" published on April 25, 2025.

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/24/2025/semafor-world-economy-summit-2025-views-from-policymakers-and-ceos-on-health-and-the-global-economy

Calley Means
Senior adviser, HHS; Co-Founder, TrueMed

On soda: Means slammed previous government policy that permitted SNAP recipients to pay for soda with food stamps. Roughly a month ago, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced states could bar people from doing so; Means said the change was a "shockwave" through Washington that would have been "unthinkable a year ago."

"Taking a $10 billion subsidy away from soda for kids is not a violation of conservative principles," he said.

On Ozempic: Means questioned the rationale for higher Ozempic prices in the US than in some European countries. He also alleged that weight loss drugs are "being pushed on American children as the first-line defense," ahead of nutritional changes.

On cuts to the federal government: Means defended cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, saying there was a need for "decisive and quick reform."

"You can report every single hour of every single day, some program that sounds good that was cut," he said, but argued that "there is a clear voter mandate for radical change."

On the US health care system: Means called it an "absolutely broken institution that is profiting every day from Americans being sick." For "60% of US senators, the largest employer in their state is a health care system," he said, suggesting lawmakers face a conflict of interest.

On Harvard: Means, a Harvard Business School alum, criticized how the university was using federal money for health research. "I cannot find a single NIH-funded study out of Harvard that actually deals with preventing and reversal of chronic diseases," he said. "Harvard does not have a birthright to future federal grants."

Unedited Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBL0-0U2n8U

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