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Trump's Health Policy Shake-Up: Abortion, Medicaid Cuts Ahead

1/20/2025

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President-elect Donald Trump is set to shake up health policy, with plans to impose restrictions on abortion and overhaul the Affordable Care Act. The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary sparks worries over vaccine skepticism, while potential revival of the Comstock Act and cuts to Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood could reshape public health priorities.

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President-elect Donald Trump is set to shake up health policy, with plans to impose restrictions on abortion and overhaul the Affordable Care Act. The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary sparks worries over vaccine skepticism, while potential revival of the Comstock Act and cuts to Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood could reshape public health priorities.