chronic disease

Funding for top Trump administration priorities — like programs on autism, chronic disease, drug abuse and mental health — is also on the chopping block.

Earlier cancer screenings, better chronic disease control, lower maternal mortality, more substance use disorder treatment: We know that Medicaid saves lives.

The plan will also consolidate 28 HHS divisions into just 15, including the creation of a new ideologically driven super-agency: the Administration for a Healthy America, a centerpiece of Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda focused on chronic disease rather than equitable public health.

Lipkin's work faces an uncertain future after grants from the federal government were terminated last week, stripping patients with this chronic disease of one of the few sources of research endeavoring to understand their condition and find treatments, he said.

“We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic. This Department will do more — a lot more — at a lower cost to the taxpayer.”