Managed Healthcare Executive November 6, 2024
The future of the Affordable Care Act looks cloudier but the hot topic is the role that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may play in the new administration.
Immigration, the economy and character of the candidates dominated the presidential election that former president Donald Trump won handily yesterday. Healthcare issues stayed largely in the background, with the exception of abortion and, over the final weekend, some statements made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about fluoridation.
“With no big health reform debate to command the attention of the nation and no big health proposal from either candidate, this is not a ‘health care election,’” Drew Altman, president and CEO of KFF, wrote in mid-October.
But now that Trump has won and the...