Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: As in his first administration Donald Trump has revealed no plan for healthcare in his second.The purpose of this paper is to determine what effect a second Trump Administration will have on American healthcare.Determining what can be expected from Trump is challenging, but important for healthcare administrators, planners, and consumers.Documents, campaign promises, rhetoric, and results of the first term are analyzed to forecast expectations.Trump will use executive orders and agency rules, not legislation, to effect disruptions and changes in healthcare.Some changes seem intended to remove Biden legacies.Special interests promote others.Results will be fewer Americans with healthcare insurance through the Affordable Care Act, less care from Medicaid, higher costs and drug prices, and limited access to abortions.Confusion around vaccines and roles of scientific agencies like the Center for Disease Control will lead to outbreaks of disease, now controlled
Author: Gregory A. Moore
Institution: Austin Peay State University
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410212021