Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Did Voters Consider Health Care In This Election?; RFK Jr. Wants To Destroy The FDA And HHS.
Unlike the first, Donald Trump鈥檚 second campaign was not focused on the Affordable Care Act or health care policy. An Associated Press poll found that most voters did not consider health care very motivating, with only 8% of voters surveyed ranking it as a top issue. Nevertheless, the results of this election will damage the medical profession. (Carmel Shachar, 11/7)
What will a second Donald Trump presidency mean for the regulation of medicines in the U.S.? History isn鈥檛 likely to repeat itself, but it will rhyme. The first Trump presidency was marked by repeated efforts to change or influence the Food and Drug Administration, from the moment Trump was elected through the pandemic. The biggest changes were generally averted because institutional forces inside the FDA and in Congress muted the administration鈥檚 most radical impulses.聽(Matthew Herper, 11/6)
Trump鈥檚 position on abortion has been all over the board since he aligned himself with evangelical Christians in his first term and appointed the Supreme Court justices who reversed 54 years of legal precedent. (Mary Ellen Klas, 11/7)
While most AI-enabled devices approved by US regulators today are diagnostic, the potential uses of the technology in health care are vast, from automating tedious administrative tasks to accelerating drug discovery. By some estimates, broad adoption of AI could save up to $360 billion in annual health spending. (11/7)
