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The FDA’s decades-old requirement that drugs prove “efficacy” before approval has slowed access to promising treatments, raised costs, and left patients waiting. A “Safe to Try” approach would keep regulators focused on safety while allowing doctors and patients to decide what works.
On July 21, 2026, AFP submitted a public comment letter to the federal Medicaid agency in support of the Trump administration’s proposed Medicaid Program Integrity Rule, one of the most significant Medicaid integrity reforms in decades.
“Medicare for All” promises free, universal health care, but government-run monopolies inevitably produce rationing, long waits, lower quality, and massive taxpayer costs. Instead, may we suggest a “triple shield” of affordable portable insurance, direct primary care, and expanded health savings accounts to restore choice, competition, transparent prices, and timely access to care?
Health care affordability has now become voters’ number one domestic concern. And with good reason. Health care costs are going through the roof. AFP polling shows voters are demanding relief. But that’s only half the story. You wouldn’t know it from the news, but President Trump and congressional Republicans enacted 27 health care wins this past year – incremental reforms that will help make health care more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans. The Health Care Affordability Crisis American health care has reached a tipping point. Consider: Health insurance prices have tripled in […]
This week’s conversation is a golden opportunity for our elected representatives to identify real solutions that make health much more affordable for working families.
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a Democratic bill that would massively expand Obamacare. They claim it’s vital to making health care more affordable. But the opposite is true.
Dean Clancy joins ‘The Game with Wadi Gaitan’ to discuss the upcoming Senate vote on Obamacare subsidies as well as Republican-backed HSA reforms.
Dean Clancy and Kevin Garcia-Galindo join “The Game” as the Senate prepares for a key vote on Obamacare subsidies and Republican-backed HSA reforms — a decision that could reshape how millions of Americans access healthcare.
Last week, the Washington Examiner published an opinion piece by AFP’s senior health policy fellow Dean Clancy explaining how Trump’s new health care plan has put Democrats on the spot, forcing them to choose between Big Insurance and the patients they claim to care about.
