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Americans for Prosperity Foundation has obtained new documents in its ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs. These documents provide even more evidence that the VA is failing to comply with the community care standards created by the VA MISSION Act, which was meant to give veterans more access to […]
Americans are anxious. They are worried about COVID-19, government overspending and its impact on inflation, and the future of American democracy. A thriving, adaptable society is the foundation of our well-being. To achieve this vision for our country, Americans for Prosperity’s 2022 federal policy agenda, Empowering People, Emerging Stronger, presents a series of key priorities […]
COLUMBA, SC — Americans for Prosperity-SC (AFP-SC) unveiled its 2022 Legislative Agenda, which includes priorities to expand access to quality, affordable health care, criminal justice reform, and expand economic opportunity. The 2022 Legislative Agenda is available here. AFP-SC State Director Candace Carroll released the following statement: “Americans for Prosperity is already engaging and seeing our priorities advance […]
In a two-hour press conference on January 19, President Joe Biden said the federal government could have done more to boost U.S. COVID testing capacity. The president then tried to reassure Americans who have been standing in line for hours for tests and waiting days for results. Pointing to a federal website through which households […]
Newly released data shows which states are contributing most to Medicaid’s burgeoning improper payment rate of more than 20%.
“Lawmakers should work quickly to fully repeal all state certificate-of-need laws and allow our trusted medical providers to meet the needs they see in their communities, without archaic certificate-of-need barriers in the way,” Americans for Prosperity – West Virginia State Director Jason Huffman writes in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. “Certificate-of-need laws force health care providers to […]
RICHMOND, VA—Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) issued the following statement in response to Governor Northam’s emergency order to address record hospitalizations in Virginia. The emergency order allows providers with active out-of-state licenses to practice in Virginia, permits physicians assistants to practice without a written supervisory agreement, and waives bed-caps, amongst other measures. “How many temporary lifts will […]
“If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we would be foolish to give the government more control of our health care,” writes Dean Clancy, senior health policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity
LEXINGTON, KY – Americans for Prosperity-Kentucky (AFP-KY) today called for the decriminalization of possessing small amounts of cannabis. As the Kentucky Legislature reconvened this month, AFP-KY released a policy position paper highlighting the benefits of decriminalization, including reductions in unnecessary incarceration and criminal records, allowing law enforcement to focus on violent crime, and saving taxpayer dollars. AFP-KY State […]
