Last Updated: July 28, 2026
The American Health Security Act
Every American deserves quality healthcare. Period. In a high-functioning economy, broad access to care is core infrastructure that improves workforce productivity, reduces crisis costs, and lowers long-run risk for households and businesses.
What it includes:
- Public health insurance option available to all Americans, regardless of employment — competing with private insurance on price and coverage
- Medicare negotiation for all prescription drugs (saving $250-300B annually based on the 2026 CBO baseline)
- No surprise billing, no networks, no prior authorizations for medically necessary care
- Stronger ACA marketplaces: Bigger subsidies, full Medicaid expansion incentives for the holdout states
- Hospital price transparency and regulation to end the consolidated-region price gouging that has driven medical bankruptcies
- Funding: Premiums from enrollees + savings from administrative efficiency + drug-negotiation savings
What this means for you:
- If you like your current insurance, keep it
- If you want better, cheaper coverage, choose the public option
- If you’re uninsured, get covered — no waiting, no medical questions
- If you’re underinsured, get real protection
- Prescription drug prices drop dramatically
- A medical emergency no longer means bankruptcy
- Less time arguing with insurance companies, more time with your doctor