Recent News
Commonplace in the market for medical services, certificate-of-need laws prohibit medical providers from practicing or expanding unless they can demonstrate not only “need” for their proposed services but also survive a bureaucratic gauntlet that can take years, cost thousands of dollars, and allow competitors — existing and potential — to challenge the application. The result […]
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write urging you to strongly and unequivocally oppose the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” This vote will be recorded in AFP’s 2022 legislative scorecard. This tax-and-spend wish list is reckless, partisan, and will do absolutely nothing to help with inflation. […]
Neither of these measures will reduce inflation – in fact, the added subsidies will do the opposite by incentivizing insurers to continue raising rates.
COLUMBIA, SC — Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP-SC) today renewed calls for the Legislature to repeal the state’s ‘certificate of need’ (CON) laws, after an announcement that the Legislature awarded $64 million for a state-wide mental health task force. A December 2021 report on psychiatric services found that CON laws result in fewer psychiatric hospitals and inpatient options. Earlier this year, […]
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has officially quantified the true likely cost and impact of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-New York) “Build Back Better” bill — and the numbers are staggering. At the heart of the bill is a proposed “temporary” two-year extension of Obamacare health insurance premium subsidies — subsidies that congressional Democrats […]
New survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of Americans for Prosperity shows continued support for personalized health care reforms that keep what Americans like about their health care and fix what they don’t like. Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity announced the results of a new national public opinion survey showing widespread […]
Arkansas is facing an adolescent mental health crisis, and the government is causing it. Due to several factors, including the ongoing pandemic, demand for adolescent mental health treatment is skyrocketing. But a little-known Arkansas law banning the development of new facilities or additional beds is forcing parents to take children to emergency rooms ill-equipped to […]
Arlington, Va. – The non-partisan grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) this week submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request probing the federal government’s role in causing and exacerbating the national baby formula shortage. A mountain of evidence already indicates the overbearing federal regulatory regime – including draconian FDA labeling requirements and tariffs on competing products […]
COLUMBIA, SC — Americans for Prosperity – South Carolina (AFP-SC) today renewed the call to repeal the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) laws, after a report by CNBC ranked South Carolina as the fourth worst state to live in, due to limited access to health care. Earlier this year, the House failed to move on […]
