by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 20, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On June 18, the Supreme Court issued its decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, allowing states to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The case was brought by three transgender youth, their families, and a medical provider to challenge the constitutionality of a Tennessee...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 18, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Late in the day on Monday, June 17, the Senate Finance Committee released its much anticipated bill text for the areas over which the committee has jurisdiction. Despite growing alarm from patient groups, hospital stakeholders, and state governors, the Senate appears...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Apr 21, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Since President Trump took office, his Administration has been slashing funding across the federal government, including terminating or freezing already-awarded grants. Much of this campaign to eliminate government spending has been led by the Department of Government...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Mar 27, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
The second Trump administration began with an unprecedented flex of executive authority: an attempt to impound up to $3 trillion in funds previously appropriated by Congress. Many of these funds are dedicated to services critical to public health. Community health...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Mar 21, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On March 10, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its first major healthcare regulation of the Trump Administration. The proposed rule makes several changes to marketplace coverage, including to enrollment processes, benefits, and income...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Mar 19, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On March 18, a bombshell echoed through the HIV community as Politico and other news outlets reported that the Trump Administration is considering cutting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division on HIV Prevention (DHP). While this plan is...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Mar 12, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
We are one month into the Trump Administration and in the midst of an onslaught of layoffs and changes to the federal workforce and the infrastructure that helps make the federal government run. Meanwhile, Congress is pushing forward with a legislative agenda that...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 12, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
In the span of less than one month the Trump Administration has signed multiple executive orders, some which seek to directly undercut and dismantle efforts to address health inequity and improve access to healthcare for marginalized groups. How will these policies...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jan 29, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
President Trump made good on his promise to hit the ground running in his second term in office, with a slew of Executive Orders and other executive actions issued in his first several days on the job. Three areas that have had an immediate impact on health care are:...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jan 23, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On January 20, just hours after the inauguration, President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise to begin issuing a barrage of Executive Orders on day one of his second presidency. He signed 26 Executive Orders that touch on a wide range of topics, from immigration...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jan 15, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
With the new Congress seated, Republicans are preparing to control the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the presidency and to push an aggressive policy agenda in 2025. Given their razor thin majorities in the House and Senate, the road to policy change in...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Dec 18, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
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....
