Healthcare DIVE December 17, 2024
Rebecca Pifer

The second Trump term will likely resuscitate policies from the first, such as work requirements and block grants in Medicaid, Price said in a wide-ranging interview.

In the next four years, block grants and work requirements could be back on the table for Medicaid. The Trump administration could revive skinny insurance plans restricted by the Obama and Biden regimes. And the government could crack down on price transparency, while slashing regulations in other areas like staffing mandates for nursing homes.

Those are some predictions from former HHS Secretary Tom Price, the first leader of the massive health department during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term.

Price, an orthopedic surgeon and former congressional representative from Georgia, served as HHS secretary for most...

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