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COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) and a broad coalition of more than a dozen organizations sent a letter to the South Carolina legislative leadership and state senators urging their support of S. 290, a bill that would repeal the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws. Last week, AFP-SC announced a major ad […]
From start to finish, it took Pfizer, Moderna, and others less than a year to get their COVID-19 vaccines approved for use. Before Operation Warp Speed, it typically took eight to 17 years to bring a vaccine to market. Writing in the Washington Examiner, Dean Clancy, senior health policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity, says we […]
NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the Senate for passing SB 1281, which streamlines the current certificate of need (CON) process for health providers. The bill now heads to Governor Lee’s desk. The House passed the companion version, HB 948, yesterday. AFP-TN has been at the forefront of advocating for health care […]
Trusted reform should be made permanent grassroots group says COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today announced the launch of a robust, statewide six-figure mail and digital campaign focused on helping reform South Carolina’s health care system. The group is targeting a temporary reform that was enacted last year by Governor McMaster during […]
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity announced the launch of a new ad campaign aimed at protecting Americans’ access to prescription drugs by stopping H.R 3. While the goal of the legislation – lowering prescription drug prices – is laudable, the plan is deeply flawed and would cause far more harm than good, leading to […]
Americans for Prosperity-Kentucky activists, volunteers, and coalition partners worked hard this legislative session to bring transformational change to Kentucky. As a result of their efforts, the commonwealth is a more free and prosperous place to live, with more opportunity for all in the areas of education, criminal justice reform, health care, and more. Winning a […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity weighed in today on President Biden’s expected remarks on health care in his upcoming address to the nation. In his speech this evening, the president will reportedly not call for capping the price of prescription drugs as part of his American Families Act. However, the president will reportedly request another $200 billion to […]
Lawmakers are often reluctant stand up against public opinion. But Missouri’s lawmakers should be commended for rejecting a voter-approved spending spree to expand Medicaid, writes Jeremy Cady, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Missouri. “We’ve seen the disastrous results of this policy in other states,” he writes in a new opinion piece in the Missouri Times. “It’s not worth replicating […]
Updated on July 28, 2022 The Biden administration’s failed “Build Back Better” plan called for dusting off a bad idea that, when last proposed in 2019, the Senate rightly rejected: drug price controls. Neither the Senate’s previous rejection of drug price controls nor the BBB’s recent failure have dissuaded Congress from trying again to pass […]
