Healthcare DIVE January 21, 2025
The rescinded orders include directives boosting the Affordable Care Act exchanges, coordinating the government’s COVID-19 response and overseeing artificial intelligence tools.
President Donald Trump reversed several of his predecessor’s healthcare-related executive orders on Monday, including some aimed at managing the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing artificial intelligence and boosting support for the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
Trump called the rescinded orders — all inked by former President Joe Biden — “destructive” and “radical” after his inauguration yesterday.
Trump also signed an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization, an United Nations agency focused on global public health.
Leaving the WHO
Trump’s order to leave the more than 70-year-old public health agency — of which the U.S....