Trump’s Health Priorities Set Aside, Maybe for Good, by Pandemic

Some of President Donald Trump’s top health-care priorities before the coronavirus pandemic, including HIV prevention and paying for patient outcomes rather than individual procedures, have been swept away by the virus response and may end up permanently sidelined, former administration officials and some leaders of the policy efforts said.

Many key leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services pushing forward the policies have had to back away to lead the Covid-19 response, and the Office of Management and Budget has limited resources to review and approve rules not related to the pandemic. HHS officials in particular are going ...