Health Affairs March 31, 2025
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. 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 addition to rolling out new health policy priorities and making significant structural changes at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), President Trump and his administration have made or initiated a series of changes that could significantly reshape regulatory processes at HHS and beyond. This article summarizes several deregulatory directives issued by President Trump and a striking policy reversal that could turbocharge this deregulatory agenda at...