Ensure that every American has access to quality healthcare and wellbeing at every stage of life, regardless of race, creed, gender, or orientation
The most prosperous nation in the world must care for the sick and the vulnerable among its people. Yet in America, illness too often leads to ruin. Families ration medicine, delay treatment, and fear a diagnosis not for the disease itself, but for the bill that follows. This is not freedom—it is failure.
No one should go bankrupt from getting cancer. No parent should choose between rent and a child’s prescription. A just society ensures that healthcare is a right, not a privilege for the wealthy.
Nearly every other developed nation guarantees healthcare for its citizens. Their people live longer, pay less, and do not incur financial devastation from sickness. America can, and must, do the same, in a way that uplifts those in need, especially its senior citizens, while giving families the freedom and flexibility to choose a health care plan and structure that suits their unique needs.
Not only is quality health care inaccessible for far too many Americans; for many others, it is actively under siege. A free society must not strip its citizens of bodily autonomy. Yet in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, along with recent executive action targeting transgender people, women’s healthcare and gender-affirming care are under assault—choices stolen, doctors silenced, lives endangered. The right to make private medical decisions should not be a privilege restricted based on zip code, but rather a fundamental right to human dignity.
No government should force pregnancy, deny care, or criminalize doctors. Women’s health is not a political bargaining chip—it is a matter of life, liberty, and basic justice. When lawmakers control bodies, they control futures. True freedom means the ability to choose one’s own path, to make decisions without fear based on one’s own moral compass and faith, and to have access to safe, legal, and affordable healthcare. We must support clinics, doctors, and advocates who stand on the frontlines of such care.
Research indicates that gender-affirming care is a protective factor for the mental health and well-being of transgender people. Despite clear consensus from leading professional organizations that gender-affirming care is safe, effective, and evidence-based, many transgender Americans face systemic barriers to accessing medically necessary care, as insurance coverage and availability remain inconsistent across states. Timely access to gender-affirming care is critical for the health and well-being of transgender youth as they develop mature physical characteristics, so we must ensure that every transgender American can safely access the life-altering health care they need.
Project 2029’s policy platform treats healthcare and wellbeing as a human right. This human right to health does NOT mean the government has to directly provide healthcare services for every American. It does mean that the government has a responsibility to implement policies and regulate systems to ensure health and healthcare are available and accessible to all.
This includes a recognition of the government’s role in social determinants of health, including access to healthy food; safe built environments, including housing, transport, and neighborhoods; and safe natural environments, including air and water. It also includes optimizing access to preventative and therapeutic health care.
Our policy platform touches upon every area of healthcare and wellbeing, from root causes of chronic health issues to making care more accessible. This includes:
Leveraging the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, established under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, to aggressively reduce the cost of high-expenditure prescription drugs. Beginning in 2029, Medicare will be authorized to negotiate the prices of up to 20 drugs annually across both Part B and Part D. To maximize the program’s impact, negotiations should prioritize drugs with the highest budgetary burden and patient cost exposure, and incorporate international reference pricing benchmarks as a negotiating tool to align U.S. prices with those in peer nations, ensuring fairer pricing and drive systemic cost reductions.
Initiating a series of pilot programs and policy guidance designed to leverage both federal authority and state innovation to address rising prescription drug costs and ensure equitable access for Medicaid beneficiaries.
Restoring Executive Order 14087, which directed the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to explore and test new healthcare payment and delivery models aimed at reducing drug costs and improving access to innovative therapies for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Among the initiatives considered were a $2 monthly copayment cap on certain generic drugs, support for state-led drug importation and bulk purchasing programs, and measures to enhance transparency and competition in the pharmaceutical market.
Reviewing population exposure to food and color additives linked to chronic diseases and quickly removing harmful additives and contaminants from the American food supply. These steps would align U.S. food safety standards with internationally supported scientific findings, while ensuring that children, families, and consumers are no longer exposed to toxins that other advanced nations have already prohibited.
Using federal resources to distribute healthier food to Americans, including through school lunches and SNAP.
Issuing an executive order recognizing health as a protected human right within existing Civil Rights law. This guidance shall clarify that denial of access to medically necessary or essential health services, whether through economic, geographic, or administrative barriers, can constitute a form of prohibited discrimination under federal law when such denials have a disparate impact on individuals protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, color, or national origin), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (sex), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (age), or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (disability).
Issuing an Executive Order to all relevant federal agency heads mandating the adoption of a unified definition of “health care” that encompasses physical, mental, behavioral, preventive, and social determinants of health. The order shall instruct all federal agencies administering health-related programs to interpret “health care” to include all clinically appropriate and evidence-based services that maintain or restore physical or mental health.
Establishing a White House Interagency Council on Health and Wellbeing to develop integrated policies to support and improve health across all relevant federal agencies. This body shall serve as the federal government’s central coordinating mechanism for identifying and implementing urgent reforms in health care access, food and drug safety, nutrition standards, wellness promotion, and health disparities.
Creating a White House Task Force on Combating Healthcare and Wellbeing Misinformation. This body shall coordinate unified federal messaging and enforcement actions across agencies to support evidence-based medical guidance, curb the spread of false health and wellness information that undermines public health and patient safety, and hold bad actors accountable.
Rejoining the World Health Organization and rescinding Executive Order 14155 to positively impact pandemic preparedness, cross-border collaboration on health initiatives and urgent crises, health inequality across the globe, and the U.S. influence on global health policies and priorities.
Supporting critical health research initiatives throughout the federal government, and rebuilding the employee pipeline to make research a viable & stable career choice.
Restoring and expanding Executive Orders 14076 and 14079 to provide critical federal support for reproductive healthcare services and contraception, particularly for marginalized communities most affected by state-level bans and restrictions.
Rescinding Executive Order 14187, which eliminated federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth by imposing sweeping restrictions on medical practices, insurance coverage, and state-level autonomy. The order defines gender-affirming treatments, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries, as "chemical and surgical mutilation," a term designed to delegitimize these medically recognized interventions. It directs federal agencies to revoke funding from medical institutions that provide gender-affirming care, mandates the reversal of inclusive healthcare policies, and explicitly instructs departments like HHS, DoD, and the DOJ to initiate actions that defund, criminalize, and stigmatize this care.
Issuing an Executive Order on lifesaving gender-affirming health care access that clarifies gender-affirming care as medically necessary health care for transgender people, ensures transgender youth can access critical gender-affirming care during puberty, and increases access points for gender-affirming care.
