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.
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Latest
Expert Insights
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March 30, 2026
Real Food, Real Recovery: Putting America’s Patients First
Op-Ed
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March 30, 2026
From Hospital to Home: Fixing America’s Health Starts with Food
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will visit Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami on Monday to highlight a first-of-its-kind initiative connecting local farms directly with healthcare providers. This partnership—aligned with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Take Back Your Health initiative—will bring fresh, nutrient-dense food and medically tailored meals to patients, including children in pediatric oncology units.
Statement
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March 27, 2026
AFPI Marks National Agriculture Day as Leaders Gather in Washington to Honor American Agriculture
Washington, D.C.—Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Matthew Schmid, Health & Harvest Campaign Director, recognizing National Agriculture Day and the White House’s celebration of American farmers:
Statement
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March 25, 2026
Minnesota Fails to Advance SNAP Reform Policy Amid Ongoing Fraud Concerns
Washington, D.C.— Zach Freimark, Executive Director of the America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) Minnesota Chapter, issued the following statement after Minnesota failed to advance policy that would have implemented income and asset verification measures for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):
Statement
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March 25, 2026
Oklahoma Policy Would Require Health Care Middlemen to Disclose True Costs to Employers
Washington, D.C.—Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Charlie Katebi, Deputy Director of Healthy America, about an Oklahoma policy proposal that would require insurance companies to provide employers with a full, itemized breakdown of the medical services purchased on behalf of their workers, including the price paid for each service:
Topics
- Safeguarding the Homeland
- Innovation
- Rural Prosperity
- Farmers First
- American Land Protection
- Responsible Nutrition Policy
- Criminal Justice & Public Safety
- Government Weaponization
- Energy
- Environment
- 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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