Lexology November 7, 2024
As former President Donald Trump has clinched a second term with a victory, his health care priorities will differ somewhat from his first term, which focused heavily on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This time around, given his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, Trump will build on his criticisms of the pharmaceutical industry from his first term and will prioritize chronic disease prevention and management, food supply safety and domestic production of essential medicines to obtain independence from foreign adversaries in the medical supply chain. We anticipate that RFK Jr. and other close allies focusing on chronic illness and mental health will be a vital part of the second...