Trump Has Quietly Throttled an Agency Devoted to the Safety of American Healthcare

Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants. AHRQ hasn’t issued a new one in over a year.

By: Arthur Allen

Outlets: KFF Health News

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 1,958

Last Updated: 4 days, 3 hours ago

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The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars over the past 27 years by improving medical practice.

In a July 15 letter, the small Department of Health and Human Services agency known as AHRQ told researchers it was halting at least 104 grants, many aimed at improving …

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