President Trump Releases Healthcare Plan
Published January 26, 2026
By AACOM Government Relations
Federal Policy OME Advocate
- On January 15, 2026, President Trump called on Congress to enact the “Great Healthcare Plan,” which focuses on lowering drug costs, increasing healthcare cost and health insurance transparency and lowering premium costs.
- The proposal includes “Most-Favored-Nation" drug pricing to lower costs, along with an effort to increase over-the-counter availability of “safe pharmaceutical drugs.” It also introduces “Plain English” insurance standards requiring companies to clearly publish overhead costs, wait times and profits and proposes sending insurance subsidies directly to qualified Americans, reportedly reducing Affordable Care Act premiums by 10 percent.
- To increase cost transparency, providers who take Medicare and Medicaid payments would be required to clearly post pricing and fees, while insurers would be required to publish charges for services rendered in advance.
- This proposal has not been formally introduced in Congress and will require passage by both chambers.