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Pennsylvania is uniquely positioned to enact critical health care reforms that would empower additional providers to deliver quality health care to more patients — now, during the COVID-19 crisis, and in the future. Two reform bills are under consideration in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, SB 25 and HB 15, that would improve access to quality care. How would they work? Strong scope-of-practice reform Even though advanced practice […]
ATLANTA, GA—Americans for Prosperity-Georgia (AFP-GA) applauded Governor Brian Kemp for signing SB 321 into law. SB 321 expanded the scope of practice and supervision ratio for Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. This will make strides to ensure Georgians have greater access to quality health care. AFP-GA State Director Stephen Allison issued the following […]
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, every state had laws on the books that restricted patients in one state from receiving treatment from health care providers in another. In a new video for Americans for Prosperity’s Health Care Reimagined campaign, Dr. Nicholas Lorenzo, a neurologist, notes that “if you were going to see a patient in Florida — and let’s say you have […]
It takes 15 to 20 years on average to produce a vaccine, says Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, in a new video for Americans for Prosperity’s Health Care Reimagined campaign. In part, that long development process is a symptom of the red tape that has hurt the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to quickly […]
Arlington, VA – Members of the House Ways and Means Committee released a discussion draft this week outlining a plan to further promote telehealth options for Americans. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) endorsed the proposal as an important step in removing the barriers that stand between Medicare patients and the remote health care they need. AFP Senior Health Policy […]
Arlington, VA – Ahead of today’s House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is urging members to remove the red tape standing in the path of our nation’s medical innovators. The hearing will focus primarily on the Health and Human Services Department’s Operation Warp Speed, a plan that allows vaccine developers to prove safety and […]
The most important thing we need right now to fight COVID-19 is the ability to test people for the disease, Dr. Jeffrey Singer, a general surgery specialist in Phoenix, says in a new video for Americans for Prosperity’s Health Care Reimagined campaign. Unfortunately, when it mattered most, the federal regulators in charge of testing failed. The FDA crippled the ability of private companies to create their own […]
Late last month, South Carolina National Guard Adjutant General Van McCarty warned that the Palmetto State would need to begin rationing care if the state’s hospital capacity exceeds 80 percent in the coming months. We’re nearing that ceiling now, with nearly 73 percent of the state’s hospital beds in use as providers work to keep up with an influx […]
In the months since coronavirus became widespread in the United States, many American families have come to appreciate the importance of quality health care in a way they hadn’t before. Facing exposure to a disease that we’re still learning about, people understand the importance of having ready access to testing and treatment when they need it. Unfortunately, […]
