Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a major conservative healthcare reform package that Republicans say could finally deliver the relief American families have been waiting for. The Putting Patients First Healthcare Freedom Act gathers the strongest and most effective GOP healthcare proposals — alongside key elements of President Trump’s healthcare agenda — into a single, ready-to-pass plan focused on lowering premiums, expanding choice and safeguarding pro-life protections.
Biggs said the goal is simple: put patients and families back in charge, not insurance companies or federal bureaucrats.
“The American people are being strangled by a broken healthcare system,” Biggs said. “It is long past time for Republicans to confront it with real reform centered around freedom, affordability, and real choice.”
The legislation consolidates conservative ideas that have already been drafted, vetted and in many cases prepared for committee action. Instead of scattering reforms across multiple bills, Biggs’ package bundles them into one comprehensive blueprint that GOP lawmakers can move on immediately.
The first section redirects taxpayer support away from insurance corporations and directly to families. The title strengthens and expands Health Savings Accounts, boosts transparency requirements, protects Health Care Sharing Ministries, and enforces upfront pricing so patients know exactly what they are paying for.
Republicans argue that these reforms would finally give families—not bureaucrats or insurers—control over their own healthcare spending and decisions.
The second section locks in President Trump’s most successful free-market healthcare reforms, offering families access to more flexible and affordable insurance options outside Obamacare’s restrictive mandates.
The title includes:
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Association Health Plans
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ICHRAs/Choice Arrangements
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Self-insurance safeguards
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Expanded catastrophic plans
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Longer-term short-term coverage
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Small-business flexibility
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A new alternative insurance market with lower premiums and guaranteed coverage
Republicans say these options succeeded in lowering costs during President Trump’s term and are essential for restoring real competition to a healthcare market hollowed out by Obamacare.
The final section strengthens long-standing pro-life protections by permanently codifying Hyde-style rules, closing Obamacare loopholes and barring federal dollars from being used to fund abortion or transgender surgeries.
With healthcare increasingly entangled in contentious social policy, Biggs says these protections ensure taxpayers are not forced to subsidize procedures that violate their values.
Biggs emphasized that the Republican Party already has the ideas and legislation — what has been missing is a unified vehicle to drive them forward.
“My bill simply consolidates everything into a coherent, comprehensive plan that can move immediately,” he said. “Republicans are ready to lead. America is watching. It’s time to move.”
The bill has already drawn support from conservative lawmakers including Rep. Andrew Clyde and Rep. Andy Ogles.
