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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 […]

Government price controls mean fewer new breakthrough cures for patients and their families, less research on new cancer treatments, and hundreds of millions of lives cut short.

Lawmakers in Washington are reportedly making progress on a deal to impose price controls on pharmaceutical drugs, a scheme that would have disastrous consequences for cancer patients and their loved ones.

Grassroots Group encouraged house panel to support senate bills on psychiatric beds, air ambulances      Lansing, Michigan—The advocacy group Americans for Prosperity-Michigan testified in support of three senate bills that will alter Michigan’s certificate of need program this morning during a hearing of the house health policy committee. Together, Senate Bills 181, 182, and 183 would […]

Grassroots group warns of consequences of expanding Medicaid, Urges alternative Personal Option Raleigh, North Carolina—Americans for Prosperity North Carolina (AFP-NC) today urged all members of the North Carolina to vote against a bill to expand Medicaid in the Old North State. AFP-NC State Director Chris McCoy issued the following statement on Wednesday morning: “On behalf […]

Raleigh, North Carolina—Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC) today praised Republican leadership in the North Carolina House of Representatives for opposing the North Carolina Senate’s proposal to expand Medicaid in the Tarheel State. AFP-NC State Director Chris McCoy gave the following statement after Speaker Moore announced that the House would not be taking up the Senate’s […]

Arlington, Va. – In a May 13 column for Newsmax, healthcare policy guru Sally Pipes urged lawmakers to embrace AFP’s personal option plan. Pipes noted that Republican policymakers, in particular, have an opportunity to lead on healthcare reform and offer a smarter alternative to the single payer proposals being offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders and […]

Legislation would increase access to quality, affordable care by allowing physicians to own and operate hospitals