Health Affairs March 10, 2025
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads.” Articles in this topic will offer timely analysis of regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments in health policy under the Trump-Vance Administration and the 119th Congress.
In the less than two months since inauguration, President Trump and his administration have issued a dizzying array of health policy and related actions—from new executive orders to federal funding freezes to aggressive moves to reshape the federal government. This article briefly summarizes several of these recent actions on topics that include health care price transparency, COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the Make America Healthy Again Commission, fertility services, gender-affirming care, and funding cuts for navigators. This...