WASHINGTON — Health care did not play a big role in the election that returned President Trump to the White House and gave Republicans control of Congress. That doesn’t mean Congress will avoid the topic next year.
Trump has mostly avoided talking about health care during his 2024 campaign, unlike in 2016, when he ran on a promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But he promised “not to cut a dime” from Medicare, and he said he would give prominent vaccine critics Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Social services, broad powers to reshape health care. .
However, Trump has promised to extend individual tax cuts passed by Republicans in 2017 that expire at the end of next year. He also wants to further reduce corporate taxes.
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