Curren Fed Government Administration Policy Cuts & Public Health Consequences (2025)

Agency

Action                                                

 Consequence

CDC

Thousands laid off, vaccine programs disrupted

Risk of disease resurgence.

FEMA

Staff slashed, weaker disaster response

Higher death tolls in floods, fires, storms

EPA

Pollution enforcement rolled back  

More cardiopulmonary deaths over time

OSHA / FDA / VA

Fewer inspections & oversight

More workplace, food, drug, and veteran health risks

Policy

Action                                

Consequence

Medicaid Cuts

$880B over 10 years

Millions lose coverage, delays in care, forcing hundreds of rural hospitals to close,and limiting maternity access,   increased preventable deaths

SSA Service Breakdown

Fewer offices, overwhelmed phones, slower disability approvals

People lose income or have delayed checks, ,especially seniors & disabled.

Policy

                          Action                                

Consequence

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Gutted

90% staff cut, medical debt returns to credit scores, scams rise

Stress, poverty, and health collapse

Housing/Eviction Risks

Predatory lending leads to homelessness

Life expectancy drops sharply

AI-Enabled Scams (Voice, Video, Romance)

No federal oversight

Deepfake calls, synthetic video, and AI-driven romance scams target seniors and vulnerable groups. Victims lose life savings, fall into poverty, and face stress-related illness, delayed care, and premature mortality. Children and seniors targeted.

Area

                    Action              

Consequence

LGBTQ+ Care Cuts

Reduced HIV/AIDS programs, loss of gender-affirming care access, Medicaid disruptions

 Higher suicide, HIV, mental health issues and untreated illness mortality.

Anti-Crime Defunding

Cuts to violence prevention and victim services

Increased gun deaths, intimate partner homicide, and untreated trauma.

Veterans

VA staffing cuts and weakened mental health services delay or deny care.

With higher rates of PTSD, chronic illness, and suicide, veterans face elevated mortality risk when federal supports shrink.

Children’s Futures

Family income loss, housing instability, and reduced healthcare.

Worse health outcomes, lower life expectancy, and generational cycles of poverty and illness

Disproportionate Harm

Seniors, veterans, disabled, rural, LGBTQ+ and low-income Americans hit hardest

Area

   Action                                

Consequence

No Government Regulation

Failure to regulate AI deployment

Corporations replace jobs rapidly without transitional safeguards

Mass Job Loss

Legal, finance, media, and healthcare-adjacent roles automated

Millions unemployed

Bankruptcy & Poverty

Job loss + weak safety nets

Bankruptcies, evictions, collapse of middle-class security

Loss of Employer Healthcare

Coverage tied to jobs; layoffs strip families of care, with Medicaid cuts blocking fallback options

Mortality Risks

Financial despair, anxiety, stress, untreated illness, suicides, and rising “deaths of despair” (addiction, overdose

Compounded Crises

Cuts overlap (e.g., Medicaid loss + wildfire disaster)

 Multiple risks combine to compound negative outcomes