US to cut health grants in Democrat-led states
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cut healthcare subsidies for four Democrat-led states because they do not align with the priorities of the Trump administration, reports Bloomberg.
According to sources, the department will begin reducing funding as early as the end of this week, aiming to bring the total cuts for California, Minnesota, Illinois, and Colorado to about $600 million.
A department spokesperson explained that the grants will be terminated because they do not reflect the policy priorities of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
On Monday, The New York Times reported that the grants had funded programs to combat HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Bloomberg notes that the cuts will come just weeks after HHS halted, and then restored, about $5 billion in US public health funding. The reversal occurred within hours as local health departments were preparing to respond to a major winter storm.
What is known about the grants
According to media reports, the grants, better known as funding for public health infrastructure, were a Biden-era initiative under which more than 100 health departments received billions of dollars over five years.
Bloomberg explains that the grants are distributed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and fund, among other things, data modernization and efforts to ensure equity in healthcare.
However, in September, the CDC published a new program stating that diversity and equity initiatives in healthcare are no longer a priority.
Public health systems across the United States have faced grant cancellations and restorations, as well as staffing cuts, since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office as health secretary last year.
Other bans under Trump
In April 2025, the US State Department blocked programs in media, democracy, and countering disinformation in several post-Soviet countries. In particular, 139 grants totaling $214 million were canceled.
It was also reported in the summer that Trump signed a bill canceling $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and state broadcasting support.
In addition, at the end of November, Trump announced he was revoking all executive orders signed by former President Joe Biden through the autopen mechanism -about 92% of Biden’s total executive orders during his term.
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