{{ AFP National Site
s

Newsroom

AFP to Florida’s Leaders: Don’t Create an Insurance Exchange

Letter outlines numerous reasons that an exchange is bad for Floridians  Tallahassee, Florida–Today Americans for Prosperity (AFP) the nation’s largest and most effective advocate for economic freedom sent a letter to Governor Scott, Senate President Gaetz and Speaker Weatherford asking them to oppose creating a state-based insurance exchange. “It is imperative that our elected officials [...]

Newsroom

Governor Scott Flip-Flops on Medicaid Expansion

February 20, 2013 J,

Support of expansion a huge threat to Florida’s financial future  Tallahassee, Florida— Today, Florida Governor Rick Scott flip-flopped from his long-held stance opposing Medicaid expansion. AFP-Florida’s State Director Slade O’Brien had the following comments: “Governor Scott’s announcement today is extremely disappointing.  Scott had been a national leader in the fight against President Obama’s healthcare takeover.  [...]

AFP-FL Response to Gray Swoope: Free Markets and Limited Government Are A Good Thing

February 06, 2013

Tallahassee, Florida— Today Americans for Prosperity’s Florida State Director Slade O’Brien had the following comments to say in response to a letter that Enterprise Florida’s CEO Gray Swoope sent to Integrity Florida and multiple media outlets, in which he criticizes AFP’s free market and limited government advocacy: “Mr. Swoope’s apparent disdain for free market and [...]

Our Take: The Legislature Should Focus on Increasing Government Transparency

January 24, 2013 J,

Florida’s taxpayers deserve improved access to public records, budgets and contracts Tallahassee, Florida—Today the Senate Governmental Oversight & Accountability Committee met to discuss government transparency and review presentations on two of the state’s current transparency websites. Americans for Prosperity’s Florida chapter (AFP-FL), with more than 145,000 activist members in the state, has outlined its 2013 legislative [...]

What We Learned from Yesterday’s Senate PPACA Meeting

January 23, 2013 J

Yesterday the Senate’s Select Committee on the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act met, and had two presenters offer differing views of the PPACA and what Florida should do regarding implementation of the act commonly known as ObamaCare. The first presenter was Jonathan Gruber, a PhD and Professor at MIT and key architect of MassCare [...]

Join Our Fight

The road to economic freedom starts here.
Join a network of AFP activists in important issue battles across the country, get the inside scoop with breaking news updates and policy alerts, and be the first to hear about special events near your home.  Help us fight for a better tomorrow.  Together, we can work for lower taxes, less government spending, and greater economic freedom for everyone.

Your Information

Education
Energy
Healthcare
Limited Government
Property Rights
Right to Work
Spending
Taxes
Technology

Retyping these characters helps prevent automated span submissions.

captcha
×