Vaccines, guns, immigration, climate & food, health insurance & hospitals, women & girls.

Vaccines, guns, immigration, climate & food, health insurance & hospitals, women & girls.

Under the Trump Regime all of these direct and indirect health factors are getting worse. The emboldened MAHA movement led by RFK JR, and unregulated by Trump and the Republican congress are working to systematically make American’s LESS healthy. 

Attacks on Vaccines: RFK has dismantled the vaccine advisory council, and replaced it with anti-vaccine hawks. 

The result is already catastrophic, they have limited who can qualify for the COVID vaccine- a reality many people are just now realizing as they try to get their vaccines and cannot (many insurance companies are still paying for these vaccines regardless because they know RFK and TRUMP are wack).

The council is changing the vaccine schedule for preventable illnesses like hepatitis B and Measles, Mumps, Rubella and chickenpox- illnesses that have largely been eradicated. During his confirmation, RFK JR promised the senate he would not change the vaccine schedule or replace the vaccine council- but the promises of the right have no teeth. 

Guns: Trump and republican members of congress have worked to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the ATF, which helps to regulate guns, which are the leading cause of death in children in the United States. 

Women & girls: Where to start- cuts to abortion access, domestic violence prevention, birth control, gun prevention, vaccine policy and healthcare & insurance all work in a sick cycle, making women and girls less healthy and more likely to die from preventable illnesses and physical harm against their bodies.

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Immigration: The administration’s assault on communities is having a downstream effect on health and safety. Because ICE is assaulting communities with absolutely no evidence or discretion, people are unable to move freely in their communities. Communities are at heightened stress, increased risk of mental health episodes, loss of income all of which could cause loss of food, economic instability, homelessness, etc. 

Climate: Trump and republican leaders are attacking climate policies and research which put limits on greenhouse gases that cause individual health problems, and make our country sicker. Funding cuts to climate research and regulation will have downstream effects on crop yields and the health and diversity of food sources. 

Cuts to climate and weather research and preparedness will also cause negative health outcomes, as federal and local governments will be less prepared to respond to extreme weather events from hurricanes, floods, wildfires, etc. 

Health insurance & hospitals: The big beautiful bill, pushed forth by republican leaders and championed by Donald Trump will limit healthcare coverage for millions of Americans. While they claim they are not cutting funding to programs like Medicaid and CHIP (children’s health insurance), the new strict rules mean that 14 million FEWER people will qualify for health insurance, and therefore go without coverage that prevents serious illness and death. 

Another downstream effect of the funding cuts means that many rural  hospitals will close as they lose federal Medicaid funding- people in rural areas will become sicker than the rest of the country. 

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