Elderly
2025 January
2025-01-20 Project 2025 page 482 outlines its intention to interfere with adult decisions in end-of-life care by suggesting many elderly people have no agency of their own and are vulnerable.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025 April
2025-04-01 The Trump administration made cuts to Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled. The Trump administration also made cuts to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides energy assistance, weatherization, equipment, and crisis assistance to the elderly and disabled.
2026-04-03 During 2025 the Trump administration made deep cuts to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) which helps 6 million households pay their heating or cooling bills, buy fuel or fix broken heaters: particularly for the elderly. Now at the beginning of 2026 the Trump administration recommended cutting it entirely while simultaneously demanding $1.5T in defense spending to support Israels war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSXxofF5lJg&t=33s
https://www.ncoa.org/article/energy-assistance-beyond-liheap/
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5815067-trump-budget-liheap-energy-prices/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5814887-15t-defense-budget-request/
2026 May
2026-05-15 JD Vance and Dr. Oz announced a six-month freeze on all new Medicaid hospice enrollments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW27nXvJ6ls&list=WL&index=6
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicare-enrollment-hospice-fraud-trump-administration/