Politico January 23, 2025
By Chelsea Cirruzzo

With Carmen Paun

Driving The Day

HOW TRUMP COULD HANDLE ACA, MEDICAID — President Donald Trump’s first moves on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act signal his administration’s willingness to make major changes to the government programs, POLITICO’s Robert King reports.

That’s the takeaway from several critics of Trump’s decision this week to roll back his predecessor’s executive orders to expand coverage and lower health care costs.

“The White House sets the tone for the incoming agency appointees, and this executive order makes clear that despite what was said on the campaign trail, efforts to undermine [Obamacare] and Medicaid’s success in covering people will be the order of the day — pun intended,” said Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicaid
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