President Trump Feb. 13 signed a presidential memorandum ordering the development of a comprehensive plan for “restoring fairness in U.S. trade relationships and countering non-reciprocal trading arrangements.”
The House Budget Committee Feb. 13 voted 21-16 to advance its fiscal year 2025 budget resolution to the full House. The bill, focusing on the Trump administration's agenda on border security, defense, energy and taxes, calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts that could potentially impact Medicaid and other key health care programs. The proposal also allows for up to $4.5 trillion in spending for tax cuts.
An analysis released Feb. 13 by KFF found that a proposal to cut the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion match rate could reduce total Medicaid spending by up to $1.9 trillion over a 10-year period, causing potentially 20 million people to lose Medicaid coverage.
President Trump Feb. 13 signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again Commission, to be chaired by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The commission is tasked with “investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s escalating health crisis, with an initial focus on childhood chronic diseases.”
Traci Carter, program manager of Raising St. Louis in Missouri, and Nicole Kozma, director of school and community outreach programs at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and BJC Community Health Improvement, discuss the scope of the Raising St. Louis program.
The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare Feb. 11 released a report highlighting how the health care industry can save $20 billion by transitioning from manual to electronic workflows.
Tom Engels is the new administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administration, according to its website. Engels previously held the same position in the first Trump administration from 2019 to 2021.
House Republicans Feb. 12 released a budget resolution for fiscal year 2025 focusing on the Trump administration's agenda on border security, defense, energy and taxes.