Healthy America

Policy Priorities

Better Care
More Choice
Lower Costs

Healthy America is invested in improving the health of Americans now and for generations to come. Decisions about what, how, and where care is received should be made by patients and doctors not by politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., state capitals, and industry. AFPI will create healthcare policies and educate stakeholders to put the patient and doctor in control, dignify life, promote better health and health outcomes, improve access, and lower costs for Americans. This is critically important as the health of Americans is essential for a thriving and prosperous country.

AFPI’s Healthy America works to create policies that give all Americans full agency in decisions that affect their health and well-being. In order for America’s healthcare system to return to its primary mission of improving the health and health outcomes of Americans and reach its full potential, advancement must focus on putting patients first to improve the individual and population health of America.

Team

The Honorable Bobby Jindal

Chair, Healthy America

Hannah Anderson

Senior Director, Healthy America

Charlie Katebi

Deputy Director, Veteran Health Policy and Engagement

Taylor Hood

Policy Analyst, Healthy America

Erin Passarello

Policy Analyst, Healthy America

Latest

Op-Ed | 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.

News Release | July 14, 2026

AFPI Releases Issue Brief on Restoring the Promise of the MISSION Act

Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new issue brief, Restoring the Promise of the MISSION Act.

Issue Brief | July 14, 2026

Restoring the Promise of the MISSION Act

Veterans rely on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to provide timely, high-quality care for the injuries and illnesses they incurred in the course of military service. However, the agency routinely fails to deliver on this promise by forcing veterans to languish on waitlists for care. In response, President Trump signed the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act into law in 2018, giving veterans the right to obtain care from providers in their own communities when the VHA could not deliver. By 2024, the MISSION Act connected 3.1 million veterans—over a third of the VHA’s veteran enrollees—with high-quality clinics and hospitals in their communities.

Op-Ed | 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 | 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.