Keeping you up to date on an evolving healthcare policy landscape
CMR Consulting Blog
A Changing Healthcare Landscape: How the 2025 Policy Shifts Will Reshape the Industry
The U.S. healthcare landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation following the recent change in presidential administration. With the new Trump administration reversing several healthcare policies from the previous term and implementing a series of executive actions, significant shifts in federal funding priorities, healthcare coverage mandates, and regulatory compliance requirements are already underway. These changes reflect a broader ideological pivot, with a focus on reducing government presence in certain healthcare services, increasing cost efficiency, and reshaping public health policies. Adapting to new compliance requirements, adjusting coverage offerings, and anticipating shifts in federal and state regulations will be critical to maintaining stability in an evolving healthcare environment.
The Alarming Future for Federal Employees Under a Trump Administration
The federal workforce faces a storm of radical reforms under a Trump Administration. "Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership" and Agenda 47, two policy platforms that provide directional indications for Trump’s approach to workforce management, threaten to dismantle long-standing protections, reduce benefits, and politicize the federal government’s operational backbone. At the center of these changes lies the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), an agency under siege by ideas that could destabilize the very structure of federal employment. As Project 2025 emphasizes, 'nothing is more important than deconstructing the centralized administrative state,' a sentiment that underscores how deeply these reforms will resonate with Trump and his advisors, in his return to office.
Project 2025: A Conservative Agenda to Reshape American Healthcare
Project 2025 lays out a conservative roadmap to overhaul federal health policy, with proposed changes that could drastically reshape how healthcare is financed and delivered. Although president-elect Trump distanced himself from Project 2025, many of its architects are anticipated to hold influential positions in the upcoming administration, bringing these policy proposals closer to reality. Here’s a closer look at the Project 2025’s healthcare highlights and what they could mean for commercial and federal insurance programs carriers and consumers.