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Trump Healthcare Changes: Or What Good Is Getting Rid of Wokeness and DEI If You’re Sick, Dying, Dead, or Bankrupt?

Trump Healthcare Changes: Or What Good Is Getting Rid of Wokeness and DEI If You’re Sick, Dying, Dead, or Bankrupt?

Many are cheering, and others decrying, newly-inaugurated President Trump’s efforts to dismantle “wokeness” and DEI. But all Americans should give more attention to the changes in US healthcare that Trump has wrought in a matter of days.

The United States lags behind all developed nations in healthcare outcomes. Yet it has the most expensive healthcare system in the world. Since January 20, things have gone from worst to even worse.

Recent changes may hit hardest in “red states” like Texas, Georgia and Florida. They will most affect lower income individuals and red state voters, who form a large part of President Trump’s base. But they will affect all Americans and likely pose health risks at home and abroad. 

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