Former President Donald Trumpâs election victory and coming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nationâs public health insurance programs â potentially increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care.
The reverberations will be felt far beyond Washington, D.C., and could include an erosion of the Affordable Care Actâs consumer protections, the imposition of work requirements in Medicaid and funding cuts to the safety net insurance, and challenges to federal agencies that safeguard public health.
Abortion restrictions may tighten nationwide with a possible effort to restrict the mailing of abortion medications.