Can DOGE Dodge the Hillarycare Hurdles?

Lawsuits highlight the pitfalls in trying to set up an advisory system independent of the duly elected government.

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President Trump signs an executive order at Capital One Arena, January 20, 2025, at Washington, D.C. AP/Evan Vucci

Will President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency meet the same fate as Hillarycare? That’s the question amid a slew of lawsuits filed against the president’s fledgling cost-cutting initiative. The suits echo the legal salvoes against President Clinton’s health care task force, led by his wife Hillary Clinton, over her panel’s lack of legally-required transparency. Mr. Trump, though, seems to have learned from Mrs. Clinton’s debacle.

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