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America First Nomination: Dr. Heidi Overton
Heidi Overton, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician, healthcare policy leader, and New Mexico native currently serving as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy at the White House. As a senior healthcare advisor to the President, Dr. Overton oversees healthcare and public policy priorities, working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services as well as senior White House leadership to advance the President’s agenda. She has a proven track record of putting patients first, fighting to Make Americans Healthy Again, and bringing radical transparency to America’s healthcare system.
Take Back Your Health: Closing the GRAS Loophole
All Americans deserve to know what is actually in their food, not just be told to trust that their food products are safe. Unfortunately, many Americans don’t know what they are consuming or even how to pronounce most of the ingredients on the label. Nearly 60% of the American diet is made up of ultra-processed foods, with unknown ingredients.
Ending Medicare’s Hospital Markup: A Site-Neutral Path to Lower Costs for Seniors
The cost of medical care for seniors has risen sharply in recent years, driven in part by a fundamental payment inequity in Medicare. The program pays hospital-owned outpatient departments (HOPDs) 43% to 670% more than independent clinics for delivering the same services.
Keeping Seniors Independent by Defending Home-Based Care from Organized Crime
Older Americans overwhelmingly want to age in place, and federal policy increasingly aims to support that goal. However, the home-based Medicare and Medicaid benefits designed to keep seniors independent have become the highest-margin targets for organized fraud in the federal health care system.
AFPI Calls for Accountability Following Dr. Fauci’s Senate Testimony
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement after Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during questioning before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: