“Under President Trump, HHS was dedicated to serving “all Americans from conception to natural death, including those individuals and families who face…economic and social well-being challenges.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 3.5: Department of Health and Human Services, Roger Severino, page 481, paragraph 1
Context:
WOW. The ellipsis is his, by the way, not mine. “We even cared about the poors!” The notion that the Trump administration cared about any Americans’ health and well-being is not supported by any evidence. There is, however, an abundance of evidence to the contrary. Under Trump:
- More than 450,000 Americans are dead from COVID-19, in part because of his lying and mishandling of it. COVID-19 mortality in the U.S. was 40% higher than the average of the other wealthy nations in the G7.
- Life expectancy fell by 1.13 years, the biggest decrease since World War II.
- Regulatory rollbacks resulted in 22,000 excess deaths from such hazards in 2019 alone.
- Trump pushed through a $1.9 trillion tax cut for the wealthy, creating a budget hole that he then used to justify cutting food and housing assistance for the needy.
- He tried, but failed, to repeal the ACA, then made every effort to undermine it, pushing up the number of uninsured Americans by 2.3 million.
- He denied entry to refugees fleeing violence, abused immigrant detainees, and penalized immigrants for accessing basic social services.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.5: Department of Health and Human Services here.
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