Healthcare & RX
2013
2013-08-13 Companies intentionally cut employee hours just so they didn’t have to meet ACA healthcare requirements.
2014
2014-01-01 The Affordable Care Act was fully implemented. This legislation was designed to prohibit insurers from denying coverage or charging more based on pre-existing conditions, and to stop lifetime caps. It also mandated a standard level of care for insurance plans.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/09/trump-renews-a-republican-battle-cry-repeal-obamacare/
2020
2020-09-11 The first Trump administration withheld healthcare funds for FDNY’s 9/11 responders. GOP members frequently post “Never Forget”, but then they turn around and forget our heroes.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/politics/treasury-releases-september-11-funds-fdny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN1PZHT0h0o&list=WL&index=1&t=538s
2023
2023-02-08 During a State of the Union address, Biden was booed and heckled for predicting that Republicans would make Medicare and Medicaid cuts.
2024
2024-12-04 News outlets reported the killing of the United Healthcare CEO by Mangione was a “symbolic takedown” against outlandish medical costs and claim denials.
2025 January
2025-01-20 Page 465 of Project 2025 outlines a plan to increase Medicare Part D prescription prices and expose seniors to higher out-of-pocket expenses.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025-01-20 Project 2025 Chapter 14 outlines a complete overhaul of the DHHS to include eliminating the Affordable Care Act and encouraging more privatized systems like Medicare Advantage.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14087 Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14009 Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14070 Continuing To Strengthen Americans’ Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage.
2025 May
2025-05-12 Trump signed an executive order saying he will reduce drug prices.
2025-05-30 When a constituent said, “people are going to die” because of heavy Medicaid cuts, Senator Joni Ernst responded, “We are all going to die”.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1036832908023449
2025-05-31 Joni Ernst filmed herself mocking critics of Medicaid cuts, “I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes we are all going to perish from this earth. So, I apologize, and I’m really really glad that I didn’t have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well…” and then ended it with, “…for those that would like to see eternal and everlasting life, I encourage you to embrace my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ”.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gqdwSLKE554
2025 July
2025-07-11 The Trump administration cut funding for Medicaid and Medicare, which also affected rural clinics and family planning programs.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5736589/medicaid-funding-lawsuit-minnesota-trump
2025-07-17 Trump submitted a message via Truth Social that Bristol-Myers-Squibb and Pfizer have lowered the cost of Eloquis.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114870321104131050
2025-07-22 Trump claimed drug prices would drop by 1000% and 1500%.
2025 October
2025-10-02 Republicans allowed the American Rescue Plan Act to expire.
https://www.healthinsurance.org/glossary/american-rescue-plan/
2025-10-03 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Republicans and Trump of using the government shutdown to cut healthcare.
2025-10-21 Americans received letters saying their health insurance prices would double or quadruple.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/12/nx-s1-5570849/shutdown-aca-health-care-tax-credits
2025 November
2025-11-04 Trump said he would lower weight loss drug prices.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/trump-eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-deal-obesity-drug-prices.html
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-potential-impact-of-lowering-the-cost-of-weight-loss-drugs
2025 December
2025-12-16 Four Republicans joined Democrats to stop Obamacare subsidies from expiring, but Congress sent lawmakers home before the vote could happen.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/expiring-aca-subsidies-most-affected.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/politics/congress-obamacare-subsidies-expiring
2026 January
2026-01-15 Trump unveiled his “Great Healthcare Plan”. Without specific details on funding of the plan, Trump promised to lower prescription prices, reduce insurance premiums, and implement a direct payment system to qualifying citizens so people can purchase their own healthcare.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/trump-direct-payments-health-care.html
2026 February
2026-02-06 Trump launched TrumpRX.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/johnson-and-johnson-trumprx-prescription-drugs/
https://www.cato.org/blog/trumprx-when-government-tries-build-market
PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/business/trumprx-generic-drugs-mark-cuban.html
2026 April
2026-04-10 Trump’s 2027 budget will further cut $923M from HIV/AIDS healthcare, $561M from maternal and child health, $576M from mental health including suicide prevention, and $872M from health workforce programs. This would be the single largest spending increase since WWII.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/ttrump-2027-budget-extends-us-global-and-domestic-health-cuts/
2026-04-22 A Senate finance committee hearing revealed TrumpRX is not more affordable as advertised. For example, TrumpRX offers Protonix for $200, but Costco offers it for $16. TrumpRX offers heart medication for $336 while CostPlus sells it for $12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P19C2Sgle0g&list=WL&index=3
https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-trumprx-scam
2026 May
2026-05-14 JD Vance announced the administration would withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements from California and other Democratic-led states like New York and Hawaii. Senator Alex Padilla cited “political retribution”.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSu-7HlUE-/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/california-home-health
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/
2026-05-28 Cases of GLP-1 weight loss drug overdoses rose from 1366 in 2021 to 15,102 in 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvqfmRTH0E&list=WL&index=7&t=9s
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/alarming-rise-in-weight-loss-drug-overdoses-264116805723
2026 June
2026-06-23 The DOJ charged 455 defendants with healthcare fraud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE3go174v20&list=WL&index=7
https://www.foxnews.com/us/doj-charges-southern-california-healthcare-fraud-defendants
2026 July
2026-07-15 AOC slams big pharma for gaming the US patent system at a health subcommittee hearing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LGQJgTJv0&list=WL&index=1
2026 August
2026-08-13 Trump held up an article from Washington Post about a drop in prescription prices, claimed it was his doing, and the White House ran with it. However, the article he held up reads, “Some experts said a Biden-era policy that requires Medicare to negotiate prices for some popular prescription drugs is more likely to be driving down costs”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yce3HoRbNnk&list=WL&index=1
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/15/trump-washington-post-drug-prices