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10 Ways an ACA Repeal Could Impact Our Health

Black Health Matters

“As president, Trump’s budget proposals included plans to convert the ACA into block grants to states, cap federal funding for Medicaid, and allow states to relax the ACA’s rules protecting people with pre-existing conditions,” says Samantha Artiga, vice president and director of the Racial Equity and Health Policy Program at KFF. “If

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Trump’s White House Return Poised To Tangle Health Care Safety Net

KFF Health News

They say he has already shown he will be forceful when it comes to lowering high health care prices, pointing to efforts during his presidency to pioneer price transparency in medical costs. “On affordability, I’d see him building on the first term,” said Brian Blase, who served as a Trump health adviser from 2017 to 2019.

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Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

HEALTHBEAT

They say he has shown he will be forceful when it comes to lowering high health care prices, pointing to efforts during his presidency to pioneer price transparency in medical costs. “On On affordability, I’d see him building on the first term,” said Brian Blase, who served as a Trump health adviser from 2017 to 2019.