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August 18, 2026
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.
Research Report
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August 13, 2026
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.
Statement
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July 29, 2026
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:
Op-Ed
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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.
Issue Brief
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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.
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