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News Release | April 22, 2026

AFPI’s Hannah Anderson Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Ending Hidden Health Care Conflicts Driving Up Costs

Hannah Anderson, Director of Healthy America Policy at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), testified before the House Education and the Workforce’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions to discuss the “Great Healthcare Plan” and increased transparency for patients-first health care.

Commentary | April 22, 2026

Today’s High Gas Prices are Decades in the Making
Op-Ed | April 22, 2026

Earth Day and the Failure of Apocalyptic Environmentalism
Bill Analysis | April 22, 2026

Evaluating Housing Reform Proposals in Congress: Rebuilding the American Dream

The increase in government spending and onerous regulations during the Biden Administration forced many Americans to cut back on household spending, including buying homes. Congress must reverse course and enact commonsense housing reforms that will increase housing construction and thus enable more young households to realize the American Dream of homeownership.
Expert Insights | April 21, 2026

DOJ Election Monitoring Authority and Observer Deployment

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has monitored federal elections for decades as part of its broader enforcement of federal voting rights laws. That monitoring takes two distinct forms: DOJ staff monitors deployed under the DOJ’s general enforcement authority, and federal employees who serve as observers authorized by court order under Section 3(a) of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The distinction matters.
Research Report | April 21, 2026

Protecting the American Dream: Restoring Accountability and Combating Fraud in Safety Net Programs

The revelation of widespread fraud and abuse within our country’s essential safety net programs and the ensuing news coverage in the final months of 2025 have brought attention to the epidemic fraud in state Medicaid and other public benefit programs nationwide.
Issue Brief | April 21, 2026

States Can Reduce Fraud In Snap By Sharing Data

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) alongside a variety of other federal nutrition programs (Congressional Research Service, 2025). Formerly known as food stamps, SNAP is the nation’s largest nutrition assistance program, providing monthly benefits averaging a total of $8 billion per month to low-income households to supplement their grocery budgets.
State Model Policy | April 21, 2026

State Policymakers Can Reduce Fraud & Improve Snap Through Data Sharing

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, is being abused and tax dollars are being wasted. In many states, there is no accountability as data is not being shared publicly by state governments who administer the program.

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