Make America Healthy Again: A Personalized Approach to Healthcare

As we consider policies to Make America Healthy Again, we must end the restrictive FDA and standard of care policies that stifle public health innovations. Drawing from the Make American Healthy Again movement’s stance against the FDA’s suppression of safe, effective treatments, we aim to liberate healthcare from bureaucratic constraints and support models of healthcare that deliver on improving outcomes for patients while making healthcare affordable. Our vision for a healthier America requires addressing the root causes of disease while expanding access to affordable, high-quality care through personalized medicine, prevention, and healthcare sharing. Below are the key components of this strategy:

1. Catholic Healthcare Values: A Moral Imperative

Catholic healthcare offers an ethical framework that prioritizes the dignity of every human person. The well-being of the whole person must be taken into account while making a decision about any therapeutic intervention. This model stresses care for the most vulnerable, including the unborn, elderly, and chronically ill. Policies should:

• Support conscience protections for healthcare workers and institutions aligned with religious beliefs
• Protect the doctor-patient relationship, especially those fighting to provide life affirming care for the most vulnerable Americans including the elderly, unborn, and chronically ill
• Oppose the FDA’s suppression of life-affirming treatments and enable the use of safe, innovative, and holistic therapies without bureaucratic interference

2. Healthcare Sharing Ministries: An Affordable and Comprehensive Community-Based Model

Healthcare sharing ministries bypass the conventional insurance model and reduce costs on the healthcare system while empowering individuals to take control of their health. Solidarity HealthShare achieves this by holding healthcare systems accountable through Reference Based Pricing, which has consistently achieved an average savings of 66% this year. We also navigate Members to providers that offer personalized and life-affirming healthcare options at transparent fair prices, and respecting the doctor-patient relationship. Expanding this approach will:

• Promote personal responsibility and preventive health choices
• Protect these ministries from regulatory overreach, allowing for innovation in care delivery

Provide an affordable model nationwide to share into personalized healthcare advancements that reduce costs and improve outcomes

3. Personalized Medicine: Tailoring Care to the Individual

By expanding the approach of personalized medicine, we can dramatically improve patient outcomes while reducing costs, especially for patients with chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. In order to do this we must:

• Encourage diagnostics and treatment that evaluate and treat the root cause of disease, rather than just providing an expensive band-aid by using a symptom management-based approach
• Promote the use of genomic testing and environmental data to personalize treatment approaches around the individual
• Expand access across the country by removing barriers to care, such as restrictive telehealth laws and interstate telehealth practice limitations
• Leverage technologies, such as peptides, stem cells, nutraceuticals, and oxygen therapies, that the FDA has unnecessarily restricted

Below are two case studies that illustrate the effectiveness of this personalized approach to medicine, as well as some of the cost savings it leads to:

Case 1:

Solidarity Members avoiding invasive surgeries by using advanced personalized medicine for orthopedic care this year:
Total Procedures:                                        32
Total Procedure Cost:                               $145,645.81
Total HCBB Fair Market Surgical Cost:  $552,046.50
Ave Cost Per Personalized Procedure: $6,068.58
Percentage Savings:                                73.62%
*Results from Regenexx

Case 2:

70 y/o male with advanced stage 4 lung cancer. The patient’s home oncologist referred him to hospice care because he did not think the conventional therapies would be worth it. The patient instead opted for a personalized treatment plan with a Solidarity Preferred Provider:
Standard of care protocol if he chose to do it based on 200% Medicare: $948,281.80
Advanced personalized health protocol at a Solidarity provider:                $150,859.71
Percentage Savings:                                                                                       84%
Outcome after 8 weeks of advanced personalized care:

4. FDA and Standard of Care Reform: Breaking the Chains on Innovation

The FDA has hindered public health by aggressively suppressing safe and effective therapies that don’t fit the pharmaceutical industry’s patented model. It is imperative that the upcoming administration:

• Remove barriers to treatments like peptides, stem cells, and chelation therapies
• Promote the use of nutraceuticals, vitamins, and therapies like hyperbaric oxygen that enhance health but can’t be patented
• Protect the rights of patients and doctors to access off label use medications and alternative treatments such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for conditions like COVID-19, which have been unjustly restricted

5. Environmental Health: Clean Air, Clean Water, and Toxin Removal

Environmental quality is inseparable from public health.  Too many patients are suffering from chronic and terminal conditions corresponding with environmental toxicities and many doctors never even evaluate these toxins when chronic and terminal diseases are diagnosed.  Many toxins are carcinogenic; however, most oncologists never evaluate carcinogens when a patient presents to them with cancer. Policies should:

• Strengthen regulations on pollutants that harm air and water quality, which are linked to cancer and respiratory diseases
• Remove harmful chemicals from our food and water supply, including endocrine disruptors, plastics, heavy metals, and forever chemicals (PFASs)
• Encourage access to clean nutritious foods and promote exercise as important components of public health
• Support providers running diagnostics for environmental toxins and prescribe protocols which include their removal

6. Nutrient-Rich Foods: Addressing the American Diet Crisis

In America there are far too many highly processed, nutrient-deficient foods which contribute to chronic diseases. These options are typically the easiest, most available, most affordable options for the American consumer. They are huge obstacles to the effort to Make America Healthy Again, so we must address this issue by:

• Increasing access to nutrient-dense whole foods, particularly in underserved communities
• Encouraging a diet rich in clean, unprocessed foods that promote health and well-being
• Push back easy access to processed foods and additives that are harmful to the population

Conclusion: A Healthier Future for America

Any effort to Make America Healthy Again requires a complete overhaul of the FDA’s policies. We must rework the policies that favor Big Pharma, Big Insurance, and Big Hospital Systems over the patients they are supposed to serve. By embracing ethical values and personalized medicine, creating a renewed focus on prevention and environmental health, and protecting models of healthcare sharing, we can foster a healthcare system that works for the people of our country. Empowering Americans to take charge of their health through access to safe, innovative therapies will not just reduce costs. It will also improve health outcomes across the nation. As RFK Jr. puts it, “The FDA’s war on public health is about to end.” Let’s make sure it happens.