Health Affairs January 20, 2026
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Articles in this topic offer timely analysis of regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments in health policy under the Trump-Vance Administration and the 119th Congress.
Today, President Trump starts the second year of his second term, which began with his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The first year of President Trump’s second term ushered in significant changes across a wide range of health care policies and programs—with effects that will be felt for years to come. Health policy during 2025 was especially turbulent. The Trump administration made a...
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