In 2030, U.S. mortality and morbidity rates will suddenly jump. This will happen not because there is a new pandemic or a sudden rise in cases of existing diseases or injuries, or decline in access to health care. Why? Because the census will change.
Federally qualified health centers are an essential source of medical care for poor and working-class Americans, especially in rural areas and neighborhoods of color. Medicaid cuts in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could shut them down.
RFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy.
“Yes, let’s extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen. “Then, let’s finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.”
Several top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services worked for the very corporate interests their boss claims to oppose.
It’s a nuclear option — but it may be necessary
"I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health."
Sources say that a climate of fear has spread throughout the agency as the Trump administration takes a hatchet to its core functions.
When you ignore context, public health suffers.
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