Bobby Jindal and Charlie Katebi

Bobby Jindal served as governor of Louisiana from 2008–16 and as a US assistant secretary of health and human services from 2001–03. Charlie Katebi is deputy director of the Center for a Healthy America at the America First Policy Institute.

Trump’s historic opportunity to make Americans healthy again

After years of crushing inflation, "woke" priorities and bureaucratic overregulation, Donald Trump and the Republican Party achieved a resounding victory in November. Part of that victory was built upon his promise to challenge the status quo in our healthcare system and to “make America healthy again.” The first step? Ending patient-last policies in Medicare, Medicaid, drug pricing and health insurance that prioritize the health of the healthcare system over the health of patients, driving up the cost of care at the expense of patients and taxpayers.  Healthcare is the only market where customers discover the price after consuming a good or service, and these surprising costs are contributing to crushing medical debt. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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