Gearing Up for 2025: Advocates Share Challenges and Opportunities – Health Care in Motion

In the waning days of the Biden Administration, advocacy organizations are preparing for a very different political landscape starting in 2025. Along with the presidency, Republicans will have razor-thin majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the days and weeks since the election, President-elect Trump has announced various Cabinet picks and Administration leadership, which telegraphs some of his potential health care priorities. However, the exact agenda, the scale and scope of what is achievable with such slim majorities in Congress and within the legal authority of the executive branch, and how quickly policy changes will move is very much unknown.

In this environment, new challenges will emerge, but the need for access to comprehensive, high-quality, and non-stigmatizing health care continues. CHLPI spoke to advocates from three national organizations focused on health law and policy to get a sense of how each is approaching these issues in 2025.

Read our last HCIM for 2024!