ICYMI: Deregulation Efforts from HHS Threaten Safe, Quality Health Care
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans for the largest deregulatory effort in its history, gutting the very rules that keep people safe and healthy, from clean clinics to tested medications.
In our latest blog, Community Catalyst Senior Director of Policy and Strategy, Mona Shah, unpacks how these deregulatory efforts reinforce structural inequalities and allow corporate profits to come before patient safety.
“This isn’t just bad policy — it’s bad business,” Shah writes. “And it ignores the real cost of racial and economic disparities that drag down our economy and harm public trust.”
Recent polling from Community Catalyst and HIT Strategies shows that voters actually want more government involvement in health care. Nearly 80% of voters across party lines support government action to lower costs, expand access, and address medical debt.
The health care system should be responsive and accountable to the people it serves – not corporate profits. Alongside local and national partners, Community Catalyst is working to build a system that puts people above profits.
To speak with Mona or another expert at Community Catalyst, please contact Jack Cardinal at jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org.