Second Trump presidency raises big questions for health care

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump likely will change the ACA market so it's more attractive to health insurers, such as by limiting special enrollment chances and shortening the annual sign-up period for health plans, said Peter Nelson, a senior policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment in Minnetonka who worked on ACA policy during the first Trump administration.
50% : The HHS is the U.S. Health and Human Services Administration, a sprawling$3 trillion federal bureaucracy that encompasses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health, as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
48% : Changing affordable careIn the early days of the first Trump administration, the phrase "repeal and replace" was a health policy mantra as officials repeatedly tried to terminate the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).
47% : Parente said he could see Trump pushing for changes to allow lower-premium options that come with higher limits on out-of-pocket spending when people use health care.
45% : It will be a different story going forward because the administration now sees Obamacare as "settled law," said Stephen Parente, a health economist at the University of Minnesota who worked for Trump at HHS and the White House Council of Economic Advisers.People under 65 who are self-employed or don't get coverage from their employers buy coverage on the ACA's health exchange marketplaces, such as MNsure.
42% : According to video obtained by CNN, Kennedy told supporters Trump had "promised" him a role in his administration overseeing matters of public health.
40% : Morningstar Analyst Debbie Wang said investors are nervous that changes to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid may happen in Trump's second term and could reduce the number of people it covers, resulting in patients using fewer medical devices.
38% : "Dr. Scott Jensen, who sees patients in Watertown, Minnesota, and ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for governor in 2022, disagreed, calling Trump the "breath of fresh air we need" and Kennedy the right person to rebuild trust by forcing overdue conversations about the safety of vaccines, food preservatives and other products.
27% : Trump told a rally crowd in Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27 that he would let Kennedy "go wild on health.

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