KFF October 16, 2025
The recent emergence of several state health alliances marks a new phase for public health in the U.S. These alliances include two that formed last month: the “West Coast Health Alliance” announced September 3 and the “Northeast Public Health Collaborative” announced September 18, and another just this week announced by fifteen governors called the “Governors Public Health Alliance”, which has some overlapping membership with the regional alliances. To date, these alliances have included Democratic-led states only, and a common thread across all three is a broad rejection of the Trump administration’s approach to public health and the policies of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under its current Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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