#trump-health-care-policy

#trump-health-care-policy

The White House is seeking a 10 percent cut to nondefense spending, proposing a reduction of $73 billion from federal programs outside the military, targeting environmental initiatives.

HHS Chief Information Officer Clark Minor stated that consolidating the CTO, CDO, and CAIO roles within his office allows the department to move faster on shared platforms and protect systems more effectively.

In light of the systemic dismantling of America's public health agencies, these moves essentially create a shadow infrastructure to maintain some of what is being lost. While this is a promising development, it does nothing to stop a troubling trend that has been emerging for some time: The country is quickly becoming fragmented along partisan lines when it comes to public health.

Once we get past this issue, there's decent agreement on everything else,

The plan does not include a remedy for people who buy their health insurance on Healthcare.gov, some of whom are facing sky-high premium hikes this month. Trump dubbed the ideas "The Great Healthcare Plan." According to a White House fact sheet and a press call hosted by Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, the planned legislation, which the administration is asking Congress to develop, has four pillars: Drug price reforms Health insurance reforms Price transparency for health costs Fraud protections and safeguards