President Donald Trump, in the executive order, said: "The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal and radical practices within every agency and office of the federal government. The revocations within this order will be the first of many steps the United States federal government will take to repair our institutions and our economy."
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When Donald Trump takes the oath of office today, it may well usher in a new era of Republican messaging, and policy, on healthcare. To get there, Trump followed a circuitous path that led him to a recent Democrat and rival-turned-ally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to lead HHS. Through his presidential campaigns and first administration, Trump could not quite land on the right message to harness the populist momentum that drove his commanding influence over the Republican party. RFK Jr.'s promise to "Make America Health Again" provided the answer. His rhetoric is more focused on promoting a healthy lifestyle, questioning public health officials, and interrogating the role of big business than on how insurance benefits are designed or how medicines are priced.
Wildfires in Southern California have killed at least 25 people and destroyed at least 12,000 structures since they began burning January 7. Still, area health systems have largely remained operational.
With the new Congress sworn in and President-elect Trump poised for his second inauguration, Republicans have queued up a number of bills that could widely expand veterans' access to the private health care system, setting up the latest battle over VA's reliance on what's known as community care. Efforts to reform how the VA provides healthcare to millions of veterans are heating up in 2025 as pressures to bring down costs and lower wait times for care mount.