Healthy America
Restoring the Health of America and Its Rural Communities
Focus Areas / Policy Pillars
- Make Healthcare Affordable Again (or America First pricing)
- Make Americans Healthy Again
- Put Patients First (make prices clear, accurate, and actionable)
- Eliminate Fraud in the Healthcare System
Healthy America
Healthy America works to create policies that give all Americans full agency in decisions that affect their health and well-being. Decisions about what, how, and where care is received should be made by patients and doctors, not by politicians, bureaucrats, and medical industry. AFPI’s healthcare policies put the patient and doctor in control, dignify life, promote better health and medical outcomes, improve access, and lower costs for Americans.
Team
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Op-Ed
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July 17, 2026
A Second Chance for American Health—and American Farmers
For 75 years, America slowly engineered whole foods out of its diet. Under the Trump Administration, it started engineering it back in.
Op-Ed
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July 13, 2026
Why Patients Need Trump’s Great Healthcare Plan
This year, American families will spend more than $37,000 on private health care, while the average family on Obamacare will spend about $27,000. The per-person cost of health care in America? Nearly $16,000 for every man, woman and child.
News Release
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July 7, 2026
AFPI Releases The Veterans First Agenda
This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new issue brief, The Veterans First Agenda: Expanding Access and Improving Care for America’s Heroes, under the America First Warfighters Coalition. This brief outlines reforms to improve veterans’ healthcare by expanding access, strengthening patient choice, and increasing accountability across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system.
Issue Brief
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July 3, 2026
The Veterans First Agenda: Expanding Access and Improving Care for America’s Heroes
The America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) Veterans First Agenda is foundational to the America First Warfighters’ work to keep America’s promise to the brave men and women who have worn the uniform, completed their service, and returned to civilian life. Crafted by policy experts with deep experience in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Department of War, the Veterans First Agenda will advance the interests of veterans and their families.
News Release
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June 24, 2026
As Healthcare Affordability Tops Voter Concerns, AFPI Releases Healthcare Policy Series Focused on Returning Healthcare Dollars to Americans
Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), released a series of five policy papers explaining how the policies in the President’s Great Healthcare Plan will return choice to Americans when it comes to their healthcare dollars. The policy series, titled “It’s Your Money: Making Your Health Dollar Work For You, The Patient,” unpacks the proposals from President Trump’s Great Healthcare Plan and how they will empower patients with greater control over their healthcare dollars, expand innovative care options, improve price transparency, and reduce barriers that drive up costs.
Topics
- Safeguarding the Homeland
- Innovation
- Rural Prosperity
- Farmers First
- American Land Protection
- Responsible Nutrition Policy
- Criminal Justice & Public Safety
- Government Weaponization
- American Dream
- Energy
- Environment
- Budget, Spending, & Taxes
- Government De-Regulation
- The Administrative State
- Regulatory Reform
- Healthcare Reform
- Public Health
- Transgenderism
- Defense
- China Policy Initiative
- Marriage, Family, & Children
- Sanctity of Life
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Reforming Foster Care: A Home for Every Child
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America First Policy Institute Releases Expert Analysis of TrumpRx
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TrumpRx: A Major Step Toward Lower Prescription Drug Prices
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Which Pharmacy Do I Send it To? Commonsense Reforms to Lower Prices
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